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and primarily consists of tidal marsh. Over time, human habitation on the island changed its topography, in part due to a process known as shell mounding, which increased the elevation of the island as Wiyot continually placed shells remaining from subsistence fishery management in the same location
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On December 5, 2018, the Eureka City Council voted unanimously to return the rest of the land to the Wiyot people. On October 21, 2019, the city deeded all its land on the island to the Wiyot people, which means that the Wiyot own most of the island. Duluwat Island's repatriation is believed to be
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Every year since 1992, the Wiyot people and supporters come to the island on the last Saturday in February to heal the community, and remember the human lives lost at the time of the Massacre. Every year participation has increased at the vigil on a nearby island.
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The city of Eureka and the Wiyot Tribe have installed a temporary erosion control system to mitigate erosion on the site. Contamination from the shipyard activities will need to be cleaned up prior to the development of a new Wiyot dance facility.
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people, mainly women and children, were massacred while most of the men were away during a World Renewal Ceremony. The massacre was carried out by European immigrants, who had settled in the area since 1850 as part of the
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Robert Gunther acquired the island in 1860, three days before the massacre, giving it the name it had for much of recent history. Gunther diked the island and ran dairy cattle there for nearly 40 years.
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and other archaeological remains which identify a second migration within California around 300 CE. The first major evidence of this came from Gunther Island Site 67 on Indian Island.
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lived in Tolowot village on Duluwat Island long enough to alter the topography by the accumulation of shell fragments in
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Heizer, R.F.; A.B. Elsasser (1964). "The Archaeology of Hum-67: The Gunther Island Site in Humboldt Bay, California".
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National Register of Historic Places marker on Woodley Island in foreground, Tuluwat Island on other side of channel.
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The current island is about 280 acres (1,100,000 m) with about 40 acres (160,000 m) to the north-east of
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An aerial view of Humboldt Bay taken from the southwest. Tuluwat Island can be seen on the top left, next to
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the first time for a U.S. municipality to return land to an Indigenous community without strings attached.
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In June 2004, 67 acres (270,000 m) of land was repatriated back into Wiyot hands. The city of
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In the 1870s a shipyard repair facility was constructed. The shipyard operated until the 1980s.
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The island is the largest of three islands located between the Samoa and Eureka Channels within
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in California
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Humboldt County, California
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The Indian Island Cultural and Environmental Restoration Project
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National Register Information System (April 15, 2008).
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at Gunther Island Site 67. Since October 21, 2019, the
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built a series of bridges (known collectively as the
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Tuluwat Island is located in California
Tuluwat Island is located in the United States
Eureka, California
40°48′36″N 124°10′12″W / 40.81000°N 124.17000°W / 40.81000; -124.17000
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Daby Island
Humboldt Bay
Eureka, California
1860 Wiyot Massacre
National Historic Landmark
midden
Wiyot people
Humboldt Bay
California State Route 255
Wiyot
middens
University of California
Native American
projectile points
grave goods
1860 Wiyot Massacre
Wiyot
California Gold Rush
Caltrans
Samoa Bridge
Eureka, California

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