to the h ohlone -- the ohlone, then to supervisor eric mar. >> how do we place this on the projector? >> i am volunteer with the international indian treaty council for a little bit more than 20 years. i was born and raised here. my focus were on issues of native peoples whose homeland was in the san francisco area. i wanted to point out that the board of supervisors supported a resolution for federal recognition. i urge the board of supervisors to pass similar legislation. it is imperative that you take everything that the speaker said to heart. this is their homeland. i am a volunteer with the california archaeological stewardship program and. you can see right here where hunters point is. it is a high concentration of this. these are their cultural treasures. most of them are under a lot of this. this is an opportunity to try to save what little is left of these ruins and ancient monuments and to let these people connect with their ancestors. that is something that they have been prevented from doing.

. >> i am ohlone. one bank of the things went to divide in our tribe was the need for a wellness program. many of our tribal members are not insured due to not being recognized. we are not covered in some of the native health care centers. we decided to go out on our own to form a wellness center that would help with many of our tribal members and all that stuff with diabetes and other health problems. -- suffer with diabetes and other health problems. a community garden in our community. different organizations from the boy scouts, girl scouts, different churches have established relationships with local colleges and also with other health maintenance colleges, health organizations. we are working to ensure that our tribal members to get the health care that they need, whatever it takes to do that. a change in lifestyles, helping them grow organically. we also have a pipeline to college to ensure that our children get the education that they need. >> thank you. >> my name is rodriquez. i am hair -- he

supervisor maxwell: let me thank the ohlone people for coming here. it has been an educational process to see you. this resolution calls for the increased participation of native american groups during the implementation of the candlestick point redevelopment project, which will unfold over the next 20-30 years. it builds on the strong commitment that the city has obligated itself and the project sponsor to. there are new general plan policies that speak to this issue. given the historical presence of the ohlone population in southeast san francisco, it is important that this project sparked a renewed interest in eight of american history and culture in our city as a whole. there will be a center that will bring about some recognition and some history of the ohlone people and other people in the area. president chiu: any additional conversations? this resolution is adopted. we have a couple of 3:30 special accommodations today. if i could first recognize supervisor alioto-pier-pierre -- alioto-pier. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you very much, preside

it made me strong and made me feel like a proud ohlone woman to go to sites like that where my ancestors gave themselves. >> one of the rules of our chambers is that we not applaud or express any expressions of opposition to comments that would allow it to our procedures today. if i could ask the members of the public to respect that, i would appreciate that. >> i am here as a representative of the ohlone nation. for over 10,000 years, our people have resided in the area known as the san francisco bay area. our ancestors participated in ceremonies and were living with the earth. as a resident of the area, we were taught that our existence as a people ceased after secularization. it is not taught that we are and -- we continue to live. there is a denial of our existence. i am asking if you can help us and work with us to guide society as a whole to recognize us as a people. our ancestors have participated in ceremonies and then within the city limits of in san francisco. we are asking to recognize these things and to allow us to continue to participate in these ceremonies. you know that o