About the 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 ethnohistorian and senior staff archeaologist. 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.
MVHA Annual Meeting + Election
Prior to Mr. Leventhal’s lecture, the MVHA will hold our our biennial election of the elected positions on our Board of Directors. We kindly ask all current MVHA members to log on to Zoom at 1:00 p.m. for this short (~10 minute) but important portion of the meeting. Non-members are welcome , but note the official program on the Muwekma will not start until around 1:10 p.m.
About Our Guest Speaker
For the past 42 years, Alan Leventhal has worked with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area as a tribal ethnohistorian and senior staff archaeologist. From 1978 to 1987, Mr. Leventhal worked at San Jose State University (SJSU) as the Department of Anthropology Lab 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 Congressionally-created 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 Univeristy.
