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- proper noun An
indigenous population native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas,California . - proper noun The
Utian (Penutian ) family of languages of this people.
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Examples
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Anyway, we're the OG's aka The Ohlone Gangstas, so don't mess with us, ya hear? haha
krazililme Diary Entry krazililme 2003
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The story of how Redwood City became home to a salt-making operation began hundreds of years ago, when the native Ohlone people gathered the salt left as water evaporated around the edges of San Francisco Bay.
Bay's Sun, Wind Drew Centuries of Salt Makers Vauhini Vara 2011
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Entrepreneurial Californians quickly rediscovered what the Ohlone had known: The Bay Area's abundant sunlight and wind are perfect for salt making.
Bay's Sun, Wind Drew Centuries of Salt Makers Vauhini Vara 2011
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Not to mention destroying an Ohlone burial ground.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Coincidentally it was close to the ancient Ohlone Indian land near which Arnold Brubaker hoped to build his desalination plant.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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I had the honor to communicate with Norman, a Barbados black-bellied sheep, in a demonstration consultation at a lecture sponsored by the Ohlone Humane Society.
When Animals Speak Penelope Smith 2009
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Coincidentally it was close to the ancient Ohlone Indian land near which Arnold Brubaker hoped to build his desalination plant.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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The Ohlone Indians were the first inhabitants of this part of California.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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The Ohlone Indians were the first inhabitants of this part of California.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Not to mention destroying an Ohlone burial ground.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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