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Here is a photo of Jane Sam, one of the few survivors along with her family of the Indian Island Massacre. Jane married Alex Sam, a well-known and well-to-do Wiyot from the mouth of Mad River. And in 1921 it was Jane who preserved the history of what…

Here is a photo of Indian Island as well as a plaque referring to the Indian Island Massacre. On the plaque it refers to the island as Tolowat (the Wiyot name of the island). Plaque is located on Woodley Island, in between Samoa and Eureka CA

Annually, Wiyot members hold a vigil near or on Indian Island in Eureka Ca. The honor those lost in the Indian Island Massacre of 1860. This video depicts the 2006 ceremony being run by Cheryl Seidner, head of the Wiyot Tribal Chair.

This article describes the initial movement of surviving Wiyot members in the aftermath of the Indian Island Massacre. It describes the transfer of a mixed Native American tribal populations around the Humboldt Bay, referred as “Indians of the Bay”,…

There are five Pomo men in a row all in their ceremonial dress standing in a row. The three men in the middle are Pomo Bird Dancers.

Map of California and where each Native American tribe provinces are located and where treaties with the white people have been made.

This source is an online newspaper called The Indian Reporter. Beginning on page 4, the report discusses the "Humboldt Volunteer" program and the "Trinity Rangers" and the effects these groups had on the Whilkut tribe.

This is a newspaper clipping from the Nevada Democrat dated November 10, 1858: p. 2, col. 3.

This is a newspaper clipping from the Humboldt Times dated July 10, 1858: p. 2, col. 6.

This is a newspaper clipping from the Trinity Weekly Journal from June 26, 1858: p. 2, col. 1.