San Mateo County’s Board of Supervisors designated Oct. 12, 2026, as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
The designation honors the Ohlone and all Indigenous peoples who have called the Bay Area home, the county announced on its official X account Monday. The post included an image of Pruristac, a Ramaytush village in what is now Pacifica, created by artists Amy Hosa and Linda Yamane in 2019 for the San Mateo County Historical Association.
The artwork is on display at the Sánchez Adobe interpretive center, according to County Parks.
The board presented the proclamation at its Tuesday, Oct. 6, meeting. Other recognitions included Disabilities Awareness Month, Fire Prevention Week, National Coming Out Day and a tribute to Dr. Harvey Kaplan for nearly five decades of pediatric care at San Mateo Medical Center.
San Mateo County Parks’ land acknowledgment describes county lands as the ancestral homeland of the Ohlone peoples and notes that Indigenous communities have lived in the area for hundreds of generations.
The county's action is separate from a recent state move. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1841 on Sept. 25, making Native American Day an official paid state holiday, according to the governor’s announcement. Assemblymember James C. Ramos of San Bernardino authored the bill.
The county's land acknowledgment page links to resources on Ohlone history and identifies the Pruristac artwork at Sánchez Adobe.
