Returning ancestral land to Ohlone stewardship
Repair for the land, our culture, and the generations to come
The land remembers
The Ohlone people have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 10,000 years. We have never left.
Through colonization, through the Mission system, through the federal government's 1927 disenfranchisement of our ancestors at the Sunol Rancheria, and through the University of California, Berkeley's erroneous declaration that the Ohlone were extinct—Ohlone people remained. Present. Unbroken. Rooted in the specific microclimates, plants, waterways, and traditions of this place.
Ohlone Land
Two acres is not enough
Of the thousands of acres taken from the Ohlone by Mission San José in the 1700s, just two acres have been returned — carrying the full weight of what was lost and what endures. Beneath that land lie the direct ancestors of our co-founder, Vincent Medina.
To protect the sanctity of this sacred site —
and to ensure that these practices can continue — we are seeking to acquire nearby land.
We are not beginning from zero
Cafe Ohlone founded
under Indigenous led stewardship
Proving Ohlone food, culture, and presence command attention and transformation.
Russell Research Station & CSU East Bay Concord.
Pollinators returning, soil health improving, native vegetation recovering, cultural plants within reach again.
in restored riparian and oak habitat.
of wildlife supported
of repair and restoration
