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[sanrico AT highdesert.com]

I mis-spelled your name. Abject apologies.
Sandy

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:37:17 +0000 (America/Los_Angeles), 
sanrico AT highdesert.com
wrote:

> 
> Thank you, Linda -
> A story unto itself. It's one thing to read and digest a tale, and quite 
> another
> to know you're holding an actual live connection to the event. I hope the 
> site
> gets updated at some point...I'd love to know that some progress toward
> rebuilding (traditions) and stability is being made.
> Sandy
> 
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:47:49 -0800, "Lynda" wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Two of my great-grandmothers were on the island.  Uncle Billy was there 
> > (he 
> > was about 5 and lived to well past 100) and used to tell us kids about 
> > what 
> > happened and how "the mothers" (as his mother and her sister were 
> > referred 
> > to) swam across the bay pushing a canoe with 13 children in it.  He said 
> > they were some of the lucky ones because one of the other uncles was 
> > suffering from colic and "the mothers" were up walking the baby and saw 
> > the 
> > white men coming.  The Yurok and Hupa who were there also escaped because 
> > they were on the far side of the island.
> > 
> > The site is old and out of date.  It was put up by one woman and without 
> > any 
> > input from other tribal members.
> > 
> > Lynda
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <sanrico AT highdesert.com>
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi, Lynda -
> > > Well, ya know I had to go and Google up 'Wiyot'. Quite the interesting 
> > > site you
> > > have there - http://www.wiyot.com/index.htm.
> > > I don't know when the site was created, or how current the information 
> > > is, 
> > > but my
> > > heart goes out to them in their efforts to re-establish the annual 
> > > dance 
> > > on
> > > Indian Island. If you haven't already, follow the History link.
> > > I was also born on the coast of California (Long Beach) - should 
> > > probably 
> > > now be
> > > re-named Long Litter-Strewn Wildlife-Gone Irretrievably-Polluted Beach. 
> > 
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