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Pomo Indian
The Pomo are an indigenous peoples of California, Indigenous people of California. Historical Pomo territory in Northern California was large, bordered by the Pacific Coast to the west, extending inland to Clear Lake, California, Clear Lake, and mainly between Cleone, California, Cleone and Duncans Point. One small group, the Northeastern Pomo, lived in the vicinity of present-day Stonyford, California , Stonyford in Colusa County, California, Colusa County, separated from the core Pomo area by lands inhabited by Yuki tribe, Yuki and Wintuan speakers. The name Pomo derives from a conflation of the Pomo words and . It originally meant "those who live at red earth hole" and was once the name of a village in southern Potter Valley, California, Potter Valley near the present-day community of Pomo, California in Mendocino County, California, Mendocino County. It may have referred to local deposits of the red mineral magnesite, used for red beads, or to the reddish earth and clay, suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suscol Intertribal Council 2015 Pow-wow - Stierch 31
Rancho Suscol was an Mexican land grant in present day Sonoma County, California, Napa County, California, and Solano County, California, given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. In a significant land law decision, the land claim was rejected by the US Supreme Court in 1862. Rancho Suscol extended from Rancho Petaluma on the west, south down to the San Francisco Bay and Mare Island and Carquinez Strait, and then to Rancho Suisun on the east. It included present day cities of Vallejo and Benicia. History In 1835, the Mexican Government gave Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo control of some newly secularized land. The Rancho Nacional Suscol was a national ranch under his control, heavily stocked with cattle and horses. Aiding Vallejo in various battles in exchange for cattle and other goods, Patwin populated this land living along the banks of Suscol Creek. In March, 1843 Vallejo paid the government $5,000 for the support of the governor's tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
