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The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, [1] formerly known as the Federated Coast Miwok, is a federally recognized American Indian tribe of Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo Indians. [2] The tribe was officially restored to federal recognition in 2000 by the U.S. government pursuant to the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act. [3] [4]
The Coast Miwok are an Indigenous people of California that were the second-largest tribe of the Miwok people. Coast Miwok inhabited the general area of present-day Marin County and southern Sonoma County in Northern California, from the Golden Gate north to Duncans Point and eastward to Sonoma Creek.
The Museum of the American Indian (formerly the Marin Museum of the American Indian) was founded in 1967 and is located in Novato, California, U.S. Situated on the site of a former Coast Miwok settlement. [1] The museum is within the 35 acres (14 ha) of Miwok Park in northern Marin County.
Olompali (Coast Miwok:Õlõmpõ'llï; [citation needed] Spanish: Olómpali) [1] is a former Native American settlement in Marin County, California. [2] It was located 5 miles (8 km) south of Petaluma. [2] Its site now lies within the Olompali State Historic Park.
Olompali had been a main center in 1200 CE, and might have been the largest native village in Marin County. [4] An Elizabethan English silver sixpence minted in 1567 was discovered in the park by archeologists, indicating that villagers may have had contact with Sir Francis Drake, or with people who had traded with the early English explorer. [5]
The Graton Rancheria was a 15.45-acre (62,500 m 2) property in the coastal hills of northern California, about two miles (3 km) northwest of Sebastopol.The site is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the hamlet of Graton, population 1,815 in 2000. [1]
The land was granted by Mexican Governor José Figueroa to the Coast Miwok of Marin County in 1835, but the Miwok claim was rejected by the Public Land Commission in 1855. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 1844, Governor Manuel Micheltorena granted the 56,621-acre (229.14 km 2 ) Rancho Nicasio to Pablo de la Guerra and John B.R. Cooper . [ 7 ]
In 1857, a hotel and saloon were built and the young town was named "Olema", meaning "coyote" in the Coast Miwok dialect. [citation needed] Within three years, it had emerged as the region's commercial center with a post office, grocery store, saloon, butcher, livery stable, and two hotels. By 1867, a wagon road from San Rafael was built and a ...