Candlelight Ceremony Remembers Indian Island Massacre

Geese fly over every year during the Indian Island candlelight vigil to commemorate a 146-year-old massacre of Wiyot people, [Cheryl A. Seidner] told the crowd at last Saturday's fifteenth annual observance. The ancient village of Tuluwat, or Indian Island, is where as many as two hundred Wiyot...

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Published inNews from native California Vol. 19; no. 4; p. 41
Main Author Hostler, Allie
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berkeley News from Native California 01.07.2006
Subjects
American history
Islands
Massacres
Native North Americans
Rites & ceremonies
Indian Island Maine
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Summary:Geese fly over every year during the Indian Island candlelight vigil to commemorate a 146-year-old massacre of Wiyot people, [Cheryl A. Seidner] told the crowd at last Saturday's fifteenth annual observance. The ancient village of Tuluwat, or Indian Island, is where as many as two hundred Wiyot people-mostly women and children-were slain by Eureka settlers while they were sleeping in the early morning hours of February 26, 1860. Wiyot people regularly traveled to the village, a ceremonial site. Typically ceremonies would last ten days, but in 1860 their time was cut short.
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ISSN:1040-5437