Tag: Wiyots

Wiyot People of California

Wiyot People of California

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations   In the early hours of Feb 26 1860 the Whites began their 2 day massacre (up to 5 days by other accounts) on at least 12 CA Indian sites. Dulawat village on Indian Island, on the lower Eel River, at least two locations on the South Spit, at Table Bluff, in the Fortuna area, in the Rio Dell

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More than 150 years after brutal slaughter, a small tribe returns home | Al Jazeera America

More than 150 years after brutal slaughter, a small tribe returns home | Al Jazeera America

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations   “After losing much of their ancestry, the Wiyots are learning their traditions in preparation for a renewal ceremony   A posse of white settlers sneaked through the darkness one night in 1860 and murdered more than 50 Native American women and children, mostly with axes and hatchets.   “Amidst the wailing of mutilated

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