Vincent Medina

Vincent Medina
Vincent Medina at Cafe Ohlone in Berkeley
Born
Bay Area, California, US
Culinary career
Cooking styleOhlone cuisine
Current restaurant(s)
Websitemakamham.com

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]

Medina is also a board member of Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival.[5] Medina speaks English, Spanish, and Chochenyo.[6]

  1. ^ "hinṭo?–what is mak-'amham?". mak-'amham. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "mak-nuunu—our story". mak-'amham. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. ^ Emily Wilson (Feb 26, 2019). "How California's Indigenous Cafes Repair Colonial Damage". Eater, Vox Media. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Vincent Medina (Chochenyo Ohlone)". Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  6. ^ Nolte, Carl (September 22, 2015). "Ohlone descendant to recite native language at Serra ceremony". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 12 January 2020.