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20-638: Chochenyo (also called Chocheño and East Bay Costanoan ) is also the name of their spoken language, one of the Costanoan dialects in the Utian family . Linguistically, Chochenyo, Tamyen (also Tamien) and Ramaytush are thought to be close dialects of a single language. The Ohlone tribes were hunter-gatherers who moved into the San Francisco Bay Region around 500 CE, displacing earlier Esselen people. In Chochenyo territory, datings of

40-685: A 21st-century Ohlone person and learning and sharing the Chochenyo language. He wrote a column, "In Our Languages" in News from Native California dedicated to writing in Indigenous California languages . News from Native California is published by the nonprofit Heyday , where Medina has been the Berkeley Roundhouse Outreach Coordinator since 2013. Heyday's Berkeley Roundhouse, formerly called

60-401: A journalist wrote: "Chochenyo is full of both harsh guttural sounds and soft tones, like velvet sandpaper. There is nothing like it." Medina wrote the "In Our Languages" column of News from Native California and wrote the first piece in Chochenyo in that publication in 2014. He has spoken at a number of libraries, museums, and conferences about Chochenyo and Indigenous issues. In 2015 he

80-652: Is the spoken language of the Chochenyo people . Chochenyo is one of the Ohlone languages in the Utian family . Linguistically, Chochenyo, Tamyen and Ramaytush are thought to have been dialects of a single language, but Tamyen and Ramaytush are very poorly attested. The speech of the last two native speakers of Chochenyo was documented in the 1920s in the unpublished fieldnotes of the Bureau of American Ethnology linguist John Peabody Harrington . The final native speaker of

100-588: The San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas. As of 2019 he was serving on the Muwekma council, and he is Capitán , or cultural leader, of the ‘Itmay Cultural Association. He is a Chochenyo Ohlone member of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe . Medina is also a board member of Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival. Medina speaks English, Spanish, and Chochenyo . Medina is

120-764: The COVID-19 pandemic, University Press Books permanently closed, and Cafe Ohlone began offering foot-square wooden takeout boxes in lieu of communal dining. On Sunday, August 14, 2022, Cafe Ohlone held a one-time tasting event in Pacifica. After multiple reschedulings, Cafe Ohlone reopened in late 2022 at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley. Upon reopening, Cafe Ohlone served tea on Wednesdays, lunch on Thursdays, and brunch on Sundays, with dinner beginning in October. The café in its new location

140-518: The California Indian Publishing Program, celebrates Indigenous California cultures and support the local Indian community. Medina has served on the board of directors of Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival since 2012. He co-founded Cafe Ohlone in 2018. He is also one of a few rotating hosts of Bay Native Circle , a weekly indigenous radio program and podcast which airs on KPFA . Medina

160-687: The Chochenyo dictionary has grown significantly throughout the early 21st century. During the canonization of Saint Junípero Serra on September 23, 2015, the first reading at Mass was read in Chochenyo by Vincent Medina . Consonants The vowels can be long or short. Prolongation is shown by repeating the vowel. Vincent Medina Vincent Medina (born October 6, 1986) is an Indigenous rights , Indigenous language , and food activist from California. He co-founded Cafe Ohlone , an Ohlone restaurant in Berkeley, California which serves Indigenous cuisine made with Native ingredients sourced from

180-639: The Chochenyo died from disease in the missions and shortly thereafter, only a fragment remaining by 1900. The speech of the last two native speakers of Chochenyo was documented in the 1920s in the unpublished fieldnotes of the Bureau of American Ethnology linguist John Peabody Harrington . In 1925, Alfred Kroeber , then director of the Hearst Museum of Anthropology , declared the Ohlone extinct, which directly led to its losing federal recognition and land rights. Today, Chochenyo descendants have joined with

200-693: The Chochenyos moved en masse to the Mission San Francisco de Asís (founded in 1776) in San Francisco, and Mission San José of Fremont (founded in 1797). Most moved into one of these missions and were baptized, lived and educated to be Catholic neophytes , also known as Mission Indians , until the missions were discontinued by the Mexican Government in 1834. Then the people found themselves landless. A large majority of

220-720: The Exploratorium's ¡Plantásticas! exhibition, contributing traditional ecological knowledge passed down to them by Ohlone elders. Labels at the exhibition are trilingual in Spanish, English, and Chochenyo, and Chochenyo advertisements appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle , San Francisco magazine , and on BART public transportation. The exhibition is open through September 24, 2023. In 2018, Medina co-founded Cafe Ohlone ( Chochenyo : mak-'amham , 'our food') with his partner Louis Trevino (Rumsen). It

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240-517: The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe consider the Chochenyo language to be a distinct language, not just an Ohlone dialect. In 1934, the only first language speaker of Chochenyo died, but in the 2000s the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and linguists at UC Berkeley began to learn and revitalize the language, and in 2009 SIL International reclassified Northern Ohlone from "extinct" to "living". After hearing Medina speak at Mission Dolores in 2012,

260-771: The ancient Newark Shellmound, West Berkeley Shellmound , and Emeryville Shellmound attest to people residing in the Bay Area since 4000 BCE . Chochenyo territory was bordered by the Karkin to the north (at Mount Diablo ), the Tamyen to the south and southwest, the San Francisco Bay to the west, and overlapped a bit with the Bay Miwok and Yokuts to the east. During the California Mission Era,

280-406: The great-grandson of María Archuleta, nephew of Dolores Lameira Galvan, and cousin of Andrew Galvan. He attended Muwekma Ohlone tribal classes and campouts as a child. He also attended public school. He has a younger brother. Medina was the assistant curator and a docent for seven years at Mission Dolores in San Francisco . Starting in 2011, he wrote a blog about his experiences as

300-538: The language was José Guzmán who died in 1934 in Niles, California . The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe , which (as of 2007) is petitioning for U.S. federal recognition, has made efforts to revive the language. As of 2004, "the Chochenyo database being developed by the tribe ... [contained] from 1,000 to 2,000 basic words." By 2009, many students were able to carry on conversations in the Chochenyo language. Through both successful word formation, as well as extending documented words,

320-578: The other San Francisco Bay Area Ohlone descendants under the name of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe . As of 2007, the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe were petitioning for U.S. federal recognition. In 2017 the tribe opened Cafe Ohlone in Berkeley focused on traditional Chochenyo foods and cultural restoration. The East Bay and eastward mountain valleys were populated with dozens of Chochenyo tribes and villages. See: Chochenyo language Chochenyo (also called Chocheño , Northern Ohlone and East Bay Costanoan )

340-486: Was chosen to read verses in Chochenyo during the Catholic Mass at the canonization ceremony for Father Serra , and he took advantage of the opportunity which would mean hundreds of millions of people hearing the language. In 2020, when Cafe Ohlone was closed, Medina and Louis Trevino began hosting weekly Chochenyo and Rumsen language classes online. Between 2020 and 2023, Medina and Trevino collaborated on

360-521: Was dubbed ‘oṭṭoy , meaning "repair", "mend", or "healing" in Chochenyo, referring to the relationship between Ohlone people and the Hearst Museum. The museum houses human remains and cultural objects looted from Ohlone shellmounds , which it has stated that it intends to return to Ohlone people. However, the museum director Lauren Kroiz claims that NAGPRA prevents the museum from returning remains and artifacts. Medina said that Cafe Ohlone at

380-489: Was introduced to Chochenyo as a child but began learning the language deeply around 2010 by studying the field notes produced by J. P. Harrington 's field notes, who worked with early 20th-century Chochenyo speakers. Medina has participated in Breath of Life . By 2012 he could speak Chochenyo with others, and as he became more proficient, he began teaching his younger brother their ancestors' language as well. Medina and

400-544: Was originally a pop-up restaurant located at the University Press Books bookstore in Berkeley. The menu changes seasonally, and ingredients are gathered by Native people around Ohlone territory. Dishes include acorn soup and acorn bread, watercress and sorrel salad with berries and seeds, quail eggs , venison , chia pudding, and a variety of teas. Meals are accompanied by information about Ohlone history and culture, and sometimes songs. During

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