Students ask Saratoga council to advocate for indigenous tribe recognition

Students ask Saratoga council to advocate for indigenous tribe recognition

Ohlone advocates Four students on Feb. 4 asked the Saratoga City Council to formally recognize the Muwekma Ohlone tribe. The students were affiliated with the Indigenous Justice Coalition, a student-run nonprofit that was founded in 2023 to support local indigenous tribes. The students said the Muwekma Ohlone tribe was wrongfully denied equal protections under the law after its members were declared extinct and lost their federal recognition and…