Vincent Medina | |
|---|---|
 Vincent Medina at Cafe Ohlone in Berkeley | |
| Born | Bay Area, California, US |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Ohlone cuisine |
Current restaurant(s) | |
| Website | makamham |
Vincent Medina (born October 6, 1986) is an Indigenous rights, Indigenous language, and food activist from California. He co-founded Cafe Ohlone, an Ohlone restaurant in Berkeley, California which serves Indigenous cuisine made with Native ingredients sourced from the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas.[1][2] As of 2019 he was serving on the Muwekma council, and he is Capitán, or cultural leader, of the ‘Itmay Cultural Association.[3]
He is a Chochenyo Ohlone member of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe,[2][4] an Indigenous Californian non-profit organization who are not federally recognized or state recognized.
Medina is also a board member of Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival.[5] Medina speaks English, Spanish, and Chochenyo.[6]
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- ^ a b Soleil Ho (March 28, 2019). "The Bay Area's most intriguing new pop-up highlights precolonial California cuisine". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "mak-nuunu—our story". mak-'amham. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Emily Wilson (Feb 26, 2019). "How California's Indigenous Cafes Repair Colonial Damage". Eater, Vox Media. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Vincent Medina (Chochenyo Ohlone)". Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Nolte, Carl (September 22, 2015). "Ohlone descendant to recite native language at Serra ceremony". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 12 January 2020.