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Muwekma Ohlone Tribe

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Recognition, as each source states it

Recognition is a legal and political status that governments assign; it is not a measure of who a people are.

Not on the federal list, California (San Francisco Bay Area)OFA found unambiguous prior federal acknowledgment as the Verona Band, 1914-1927 (final determination declining acknowledgment, 67 FR 58631, 2002); members applied under the 1928 California claims act; plaintiff in Muwekma Ohlone Tribe v. Salazar (D.D.C. 2011; D.C. Cir. 2013).source

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federalregister.gov/documents/2002/09/17/02-23672/final-determination-to-decline-to-acknowprimary record
it had unambiguous Federal acknowledgment as the Verona Band between 1914 and 1927.
muwekma.orgunclassified
members of the historic Federally Recognized Verona Band of Alameda County.