For endless generations, Native Americans have been the stewards of the geographic area that would one day become the City of Berkeley. The San Francisco Bay Area is the home to the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, also called San Francisco Bay Costanoan people. The Muwekma Tribe is composed of over 35 tribal bands living across an area extending from the present day City of San Francisco, south to the San Jose metropolitan area, east to Patterson, and along the East Bay coastline through what is now Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, and Concord. Present day Berkeley is where several Ohlone bands have been recorded on historical maps including the Joaquin and Huchiun bands (Muwekma Ohlone Tribe 2020).