OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE
MOUNTAIN VIEW HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
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Page 4 An artistic view of San Antonio Road in the 1980s added to our collection !
Page 5 The MVHA logo is added to a prominent MV Landmark .
Back From “ Extinction ”
Page 7 History of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area
THE PREHISTORY , HISTORY , HERITAGE & GENEALOGY OF THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Our Fall 2022 Event
The MVHA invites our members and the public to join us on November 6 for our Fall event as we honor Native American Heritage Month and explore the history and heritage of our local indigenous community . We are excited to welcome Alan Leventhal as our special guest speaker ; Mr . Leventhal works with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area as tribal ethno-historian and senior staff archaeologist . He will share what is sure to be a fascinating and informative slideshow talk titled “ Back from Extinction : The Prehistory , History , Heritage , & Genealogy of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area .” This event will be hosted for free on Zoom and include a live Q & A . For more information on the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe , see page 6 of this newsletter .
Prior to Mr . Leventhal ’ s lecture , the MVHA will convene our official annual meeting , where we will hold our biennial election of the elected positions on our Board of Directors . For more information on our election procedures , please see page 7 . We highly encourage all members to log on to Zoom at 1:00 p . m . for this short (~ 10 minute ) but important portion of the meeting .
Our Guest Speaker
Sunday , November 6 , 2022 1:00 to 2:30 p . m . Free Zoom Webinar
PHOTO CREDIT : IAN LUNDLE
For the past 42 years , Alan Leventhal has worked with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area as a tribal ethno-historian and senior staff archaeologist . From 1978 to 1987 , Mr . Leventhal worked at San Jose State University ( SJSU ) as the Department of Anthropology Lab ALAN LEVENTHAL Director . From 1987 until his retirement from SJSU in 2019 ,
he worked on the administrative staff in the College of Social Sciences while also teaching as a lecturer on contemporary Native American issues and advanced methods and theory in archaeology . Mr . Leventhal also volunteered on the Congressionallycreated Advisory Council on California Indian Policy ’ s Unrecognized Tribal Task Force and with the National Congress of American Indians Recognition Task Force . He has also worked closely with several Bay Area museums including exhibitions at the Oakland Museum , Los Alto Historical Museum , New Museum of Los Gatos , Campbell Historical Museum , and de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University .
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