Tukutnut (also, Santa Teresa and Tucutnut) is a former Rumsen settlement in

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. According to mission records, the village was located about upstream from the mouth of the Carmel River, and it was the largest village of the Rumsen group of

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s.Milliken, Randall. 1987. ''Ethnohistory of the Rumsen''. Papers in Northern California Anthropology No. 2. Salinas, CA: Coyote Press.

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Rumsen villages Former settlements in Monterey County, California Former Native American populated places in California Lost Native American populated places in the United States {{MontereyCountyCA-geo-stub