The San Francisco Inquirer

Zoe Lofgren’s stunning reversal on Muwekma sovereignty raises questions about her motives

(DECEMBER 14TH, 2022) — In a stunning reversal that is sending shockwaves across the Bay Area’s political community, Rep. Zoe Lofgren is publicly refusing to support the federal recognition of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe — […]

Newsom is being encouraged to replace Feinstein with an indigenous woman

Senator Diane Feinstein‘s elitist attitudes towards indigenous communities in California has many Tribes hoping that Governor Gavin Newsom will appoint an indigenous woman to succeed her — should her seat become vacant before her term […]

Bay Area Democratic Party endorsements of Muwekma recognition roll in as support for Tribe grows

Several county organizations of the Democratic Party in the Bay Area have formally endorsed federal recognition for the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, the 500-member tribe whose land the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose […]

This Thanksgiving, the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe is asking for federal recognition. Zoe Lofgren just might say yes.

This Thanksgiving, the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe is asking the local Bay Area congressional delegation to finally reaffirm their never-terminated status as a federally recognized Tribe. The Tribe was illegally removed from a key list several […]

San Francisco to host 2023 APEC Summit, but Breed’s celebratory tone attracts critics

Mayor London N. Breed is celebrating news that San Francisco has been named the host city for the 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Summit, or APEC, in November of next year. The announcement was made at APEC […]

Interior Department launches ‘Reconciliation in Place Names’ advisory committee

Just days before the Thanksgiving holiday, he Department of the Interior announced that the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names will hold its inaugural public meeting on December 7 and 8 from 2:00 p.m. […]

Pelosi backs Rules Committee hearing to seat a Cherokee Nation delegate in the House

The outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is backing the Cherokee Nation‘s longstanding efforts to enforce a Treaty right entitling the Tribe to a delegate in the United States Congress. Cherokee Nation officials hope […]

Swalwell’s bill on rare earth metals could be attached to the debt ceiling during the lame duck

Sources tell The Inquirer that Democrat leaders in the House of Representatives are open to attaching major policy items to a required vote on the debt ceiling, which must be extended by December 16th. Chief among the […]

Lofgren introduces the ‘Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act’

SAN JOSE, CA – U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, introduced H.R. 8716, the Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act, to help 50 senior American pilots and their […]

Swalwell, Khanna back Eshoo’s bill to recognize the Muwekma Ohlone, as momentum grows for Tribe

Rep. Eric Swalwell and Rep. Ro Khanna are publicly backing legislation sponsored by Rep. Anna Esho0 to reaffirm the federal recognition of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay, which has struggled for decades to reaffirm […]