36. Why Return the Presidio
Rematriating the Presidio to the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe would restore stewardship of their ancestral San Francisco homelands, occupied for over 10,000 years, healing centuries of colonial dispossession from Spanish missions to U.S. military forts. It enables cultural revitalization, economic self-determination through tourism, and federal recognition—transforming a symbol of conquest into one of Indigenous sovereignty and reconciliation.
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