Tuluwat Island

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Tuluwat Island is a small island in Northern California’s Humboldt Bay that is historically significant as the ancestral homeland and cultural center of the Wiyot people.

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Tuluwat Island canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic place
island
sacred site
bodyOfWater Humboldt Bay
country United States of America
surface form: United States
formerlyKnownAs Gunther Island
Indian Island NERFINISHED
governedBy Wiyot people
surface form: Wiyot Tribe (for returned portions)
hasArchaeologicalSignificance Wiyot village sites
shell middens
hasConservationPartner City of Eureka
local environmental organizations
hasCulturalProperty burial sites
ceremonial dance grounds
hasEcosystem coastal wetland
estuarine environment
hasEvent 1860 Wiyot Massacre
surface form: 1860 Wiyot massacre
hasHeritage Wiyot people
hasHistoricDesignation National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
hasLandReturnFrom City of Eureka
hasLandReturnTo Wiyot people
surface form: Wiyot Tribe
hasLandReturnYear 2004
2019
hasLanguageAssociation Wiyot language
hasNativeName Tuluwat
hasRestorationEffortBy Wiyot people
surface form: Wiyot Tribe
hasSignificance ceremonial center of Wiyot people
site of traditional World Renewal ceremonies
spiritual center of Wiyot people
hasTraditionalNameLanguage Wiyot language
hasUse ceremonial activities
cultural revitalization
habitat conservation
isAncestralHomelandOf Wiyot people
isCulturalCenterOf Wiyot people
isPartOfTraditionalTerritoryOf Wiyot people
isSacredTo Wiyot people
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Humboldt Bay
Humboldt County
surface form: Humboldt County, California

Northern California
Pacific coast of North America
surface form: Pacific Coast of the United States
locatedNear City of Eureka
Eureka, California
nearbyCity Eureka, California
partOf Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
surface form: Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge vicinity
region North Coast of California
wasSiteOf mass killing of Wiyot people in 1860

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Humboldt Bay hasIsland Tuluwat Island