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Wiyot World Renewal Ceremony
Published on: March 06, 2014
EUREKA, CALIF.– Members of the Wiyot tribe will ride canoes in late March 2014 to Indian Island in Humboldt Bay to ceremoniously complete a cycle which began in 1860 after a massacre nearly wiped out their tribe. A world renewal ceremony is intended to finish business that has remained an issue to generations who have only heard about their ancestors through stories shared by relatives, or found in newspapers and books. In May of 2004, The Eureka City Council voted unanimously to return 40 acres with the mayor and a Wiyot tribe member signing documents that inked the deal and made Wiyot ownership of the small island official. Read more>
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