"[3] The final determination also "concluded that 99 percent of its current members have satisfactorily documented their descent from individuals on the Verona Band proxy list, or sibling thereof.

"[2] In 2020 and 2022, their administration was: The Peninsula Open Space Trust, Children and Nature Network, and PayPal Giving Fund all provided grants to the nonprofit in 2021 or 2022.

The resulting confusion has caused difficulties for local cities seeking to perform appropriate land acknowledgements as part of government meetings.

[9] Ricchiazzi also created a purported news site, "The San Francisco Inquirer", which sought to undermine legitimacy claims of several other Ohlone groups.

The site included accusations that Association of Ramaytush Ohlone Executive Director Jonathan Cordero is “widely seen in Indian Country as a ‘Pretendian'", while not identifying any source for the statement.