Muwekma

Meaning

Noun

• Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.
• The northern Ohlone people, as well as other Native Americans who descended from Mission Indians resident at the Santa Clara, San Jose or San Francisco Missions.

Origin

• Muwekma is the native people's word for "the people" in the dialects of Chochenyo and Tamyen.