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Finally, in 1878, the Pomo Indians bought their first piece of land in California. Paula Giese noted, "In 1878, a group of Northern Pomo people bought 7 acres in Coyote Valley. In 1880, another Northern Pomo group bought 100 acres along Ackerman Creek (now known as Pinoleville)". [19] In 1881, Yokaya Rancheria was financed by central Pomo people.
[9] The National Park Service has estimated the army killed 60 of 400 Pomo; other accounts say 200 were killed. Most of the younger men were off in the mountains to the north, hunting. [ 7 ] Some of the dead were relatives of the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake [ 3 ] and the Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California .
Essie Nellie Fisk Pinola (Pewoya in the Kayasha Pomo language) [4] was born in 1902 to Emily Colder and John Pinola at the Haupt Ranch. [5] She was raised by Rosie Jarvis, her maternal grandmother and a great tribal historian. [6]
Al Franken (born 1951), Minnesota Senator (2009–2018) – New York City; Kirsten Gillibrand (born 1966), New York Senator since 2009 – Albany; Bob Menendez (born 1954), New Jersey Senator (2006–2024) – New York City; Chris Murphy (born 1973), former Congressman (2007–2013) and current Connecticut Senator since 2013 – White Plains
George A. Parkhurst (1841–1890) – actor, witnessed Lincoln assassination (born in New York State, died in New York City) Natalia Paruz – aka the "Saw Lady", subway musician, born in Givatayim, Israel; James Patterson (born 1947) – author; Kira Peikoff (born 1985) – novelist and journalist
Mabel McKay (1907–1993) was a member of the Long Valley Cache Creek Pomo Indians and was of Patwin descent. She was the last dreamer of the Pomo people and was renowned for her basket weaving. She sat on California's first Native American Heritage Commission. [1]
Luwana Kay Quitiquit was born on November 13, 1941, in Isleton, Sacramento County, California to Marie (née Boggs) and Claro A. Quitiquit. Her mother was an Eastern Pomo and a member of the Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California. [1] Her father was from Caoayan, in the Ilocos Sur province of the Philippines. [2]
Elsie Comanche Allen was born on September 22, 1899, near Santa Rosa, California. [1] Her parents, George and Annie Comanche (Comanche is an Anglicized version of the Pomo name Gomachu), were wage laborers, who worked on farms owned by non-Native Americans, a job that was common for Pomo people in the early twentieth century. [2]