Their descendants are the Muwekma Ohlone, whose ancestors belonged to the Verona Band when it had federal recognition in the early 20th century.
[2][better source needed] In 1906, it was discovered that there were 18 unratified treaties with Indigenous peoples of California.
[3] The U.S. federal government decided to try to provide recognition to these groups, including the Verona Band of Alameda County.
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 land grants, that he would just drop their 134 groups from being federally recognized.
"[4] 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.