Editing San Francisco (section)

=== Indigenous history ===
The earliest [[archeological site|archeological evidence]] of [[indigenous peoples of the Americas|human habitation]] of the territory of San Francisco dates to 3000&nbsp;BCE.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonoma.edu/asc/projects/pointreyes/overview2.pdf|title=Archaeological Research Issues for the Point Reyes National Seashore – Golden Gate National Recreation Area|access-date=June 12, 2008|last=Stewart|first=Suzanne B.|date=November 2003|publisher=Sonoma State University – Anthropological Studies Center|archive-date=June 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624193135/http://www.sonoma.edu/asc/projects/pointreyes/overview2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Yelamu]] group of the [[Ramaytush]] people resided in a few small villages when an overland [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish exploration party]] arrived on November 2, 1769, the first documented European visit to [[San Francisco Bay]].<ref name="Portola">{{cite web|title=Visitors: San Francisco Historical Information|url=http://sfgov.org/site/visitor_index.asp?id=8091|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060301022510/http://sfgov.org/site/visitor_index.asp?id=8091|archive-date=March 1, 2006|date=n.d.|access-date=June 10, 2008|publisher=City and County of San Francisco}}</ref> The [[Ohlone languages|Ohlone]] name for San Francisco was ''Ahwaste'', meaning "place at the bay".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Billiter |first=Bill |date=January 1, 1985 |title=3,000-Year-Old Connection Claimed : Siberia Tie to California Tribes Cited |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-01-me-10267-story.html |access-date=September 25, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The arrival of Spanish colonists, and the implementation of their Mission system, marked the beginning of the assimilation of the Ramaytush people, and the decline of their language and culture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indigenous Peoples of San Mateo County |url=https://www.smcoe.org/for-communities/indigenous-people-of-san-mateo-county.html |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=San Mateo County Office of Education}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Association of Ramaytush Ohlone |url=https://www.ramaytush.org/ |access-date=January 18, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2018 |title=The Ramaytush Ohlone – Lessons on stewardship from the ancestral stewards of the Peninsula |url=https://www.parksconservancy.org/article/ramaytush-ohlone-lessons-stewardship-ancestral-stewards-peninsula |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy}}</ref>