Book

Ukomno'm: the Yuki Indians of northern California

Ballena Press • (14) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 108 , plates

By: Miller, Virginia P..

Abstract

This is a longer version of document number 13 in which Miller chronicles the systematic destruction of the Yuki by white settlers between 1850 and 1863. The first intruders into the Round Valley, where most of the Yuki lived, saw an opportunity in selling Yuki women and children as wives and slaves to Mexicans settlers in California. Next came the ranchers who wanted Yuki land for their cattle and proceeded to exterminate them. Miller shows the duplicity of government officials, including the Governor and Secretary of the Interior of California, who voiced concern for Indian rights and welfare but did little about it, the latter having his own interests in accumulating land in the valley. The few white people who expressed genuine concern for the fate of the Yuki had little power to avert the slaughter.

HRAF PubDate

2003

Region

North America

Sub Region

Northwest Coast and California

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Ian Skoggard ; 2001

Field Date

Not Specified

Coverage Date

1850-1863

Coverage Place

Mendocino County, California, United States

Notes

by Virginia P. Miller

Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-108)

LCCN

79115501

LCSH

Yuki Indians