SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — If you tried to get across the Golden Gate Bridge Sunday afternoon, you may have seen the beginning of what the Muwekma Ohlone are calling the “Trail of Truth.”
The Tribal Chairwoman is leading a protest horseback ride across the country to bring awareness to the Muwekma Ohlone’s fight for federal recognition.
Without it, they have no land of their own or sovereignty.
Unrecognized tribes miss out on federal funding for everything from healthcare to housing and education.
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“And we Muwekma Ohlone, along with other unrecognized tribes throughout California, don’t have access to educate our children for free. To uplift them from the generational trauma that we have faced, the poverty that we still live in. It’s real. It’s very real for us. We’re not going away. And that’s what this truth is about and this journey,” said Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh.
The Trail of Truth started Sunday at Crissy Field and will end in October in Washington D.C.
The next stop is in Sacramento later this week to bring their demands to the state capitol and Governor Gavin Newsom.
We will be following along the Trail of Truth as part of our continuing coverage.
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