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Centerville Slough Project, Susie Van Kirk
Centerville Slough Project, Susie Van Kirk
Susie Van Kirk Papers
An extensive cultural resources document for the Eel River Estuary Preserve was prepared in 2014 to identify resources within the initial project area. With new project proposals and an expanded Area of Potential Effect (APE), several additional structures were surveyed. This addendum looked at three barns and a house, none of which will be affected by proposed projects. They were surveyed because they fall within the expanded APE.
Some of the research conducted for the 2014 historic resources document was applicable to the addendum, including land ownerships and newspaper references. For the present report, additional research was conducted in the …
Wiyot, Wiki And Batawat People, Susie Van Kirk
Wiyot, Wiki And Batawat People, Susie Van Kirk
Susie Van Kirk Papers
In June 1900, Stewart Culin (1858-1929), self-educated anthropologist/ethnographer, traveled to northwestern California on a colleting trip. He was then Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Paleontology, and the purpose of his trip to was to secure “a number of Indian curios and relics,” which he did, spending about $150 in Hoopa. He also secured curios from the Mad River Indians near Blue Lake (Blue Lake Advocate 23 June 1900).
Just what Culin collected is unclear, other than the baskets, probably all of which were either Hupa or Yurok, and possibly some Karuk. The tribal heritage of …
Rohner Creek Flood Control Project: Research, Susie Van Kirk
Rohner Creek Flood Control Project: Research, Susie Van Kirk
Susie Van Kirk Papers
Compilation of research materials that include deeds, tax assessments, newspaper references and directories.
Wiyot Residents- Arcata Marsh History, Susie Van Kirk
Wiyot Residents- Arcata Marsh History, Susie Van Kirk
Susie Van Kirk Papers
From time immemorial, Wiyot people lived in permanent villages around North or Arcata Bay. Tidal flats and sloughs, bay channels, brackish marshes, creeks, and seasonal wetlands and ponds were the nature of things, all providers of food and materials. The people fished, harvested bivalves and crustaceans, gathered plant materials, and hunted waterfowl, marine mammals, and upland game. The bay and its environs sustained them.