Verona Band of Alameda County
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The Verona Band of Alameda County were a group of Ohlone
Native Americans granted federal recognition in 1906.
and Alameda counties
in California. Starting in the 1790s they became part of the San Jose Mission in modern Fremont, California
.
After the missions were secularized in 1835 they continued to live in the area. Many of them lived in Pinole, California
and neighboring Pleasanton, California
. Some of them were displaced by George Hurst
's building of his mansion at Pinol. This was known as the Verona Mansion and gave this group its name.
In 1906 it was discovered that there were 18 unratified treaties related to Native American groups in California. It was decided to try to provide recognition to these groups. The Verona Band of Alameda County was one of these groups and in 1906 Congress passed a bill to provide money to purchase land for the use of this band.
The money appropriated was not enough to purchase a suitable tract of land. Lafayette A. Dorrington the Indian commissioner for the Sacramento Indian Agency in 1928 decided instead of sending Congress a list of the Verona Band and 133 other California Bands that had not yet received and grants, that he would just drop their 134 groups from being federally recognized.
Ohlone
The Ohlone people, also known as the Costanoan, are a Native American people of the central California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the area along the coast from San Francisco Bay through Monterey Bay to the lower Salinas Valley...
Native Americans granted federal recognition in 1906.
History
The ancestors of the Verona Band were various Ohlone peoples living in Contra Costa CountyContra Costa County, California
Contra Costa County is a primarily suburban county in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,049,025...
and Alameda counties
Alameda County, California
Alameda County is a county in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,510,271, making it the 7th most populous county in the state...
in California. Starting in the 1790s they became part of the San Jose Mission in modern Fremont, California
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...
.
After the missions were secularized in 1835 they continued to live in the area. Many of them lived in Pinole, California
Pinole, California
Pinole is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 18,390 at the 2010 census. It is one of many small “bedroom communities” along the I-80 corridor in Western Contra Costa County. It is located about northeast of San Francisco, and approximately a half-hour...
and neighboring Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, and west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in...
. Some of them were displaced by George Hurst
George Hurst
George Hurst is a British conductor.-Biography:Born in Edinburgh in 1926, Hurst studied at Bishops College School in Lennoxville, Quebec and the Royal Conservatory in Toronto Canada....
's building of his mansion at Pinol. This was known as the Verona Mansion and gave this group its name.
In 1906 it was discovered that there were 18 unratified treaties related to Native American groups in California. It was decided to try to provide recognition to these groups. The Verona Band of Alameda County was one of these groups and in 1906 Congress passed a bill to provide money to purchase land for the use of this band.
The money appropriated was not enough to purchase a suitable tract of land. Lafayette A. Dorrington the Indian commissioner for the Sacramento Indian Agency in 1928 decided instead of sending Congress a list of the Verona Band and 133 other California Bands that had not yet received and grants, that he would just drop their 134 groups from being federally recognized.