Greetings to you all from Wiyot Country in northern California. And I
mean northern California! We are located about 80 plus miles south of
the Oregon border.
On February 26, 1860 there was a massacre on a sleeping village after
a World Renewal dance at the village called Tuluwat on Indian Island.
For the passed few years a few of us have been coming together for a
memorial candlelight vigil for those who died there. This will be the
sixth vigil and each year it has grown.
There is a time of prayer, singing and reading of poetry. The island
is in the middle of Humboldt Bay, Eureka to the southeast and Arcata to
the north. There is a need of healing in this community and others like
it, where there has been similar sadness.
The Indian Island Candlelight Vigil will be held
When: Saturday, February 22, 1997
Where: Woodley Island, Eureka, CA
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. pst
Rain or No Rain
Bring: A candle
Be prepared for a cool and wet evening.
Questions call: Cheryl Seidner (707) 733-5572 after 6 pm pst
Marylee Rohde (707) 442-2762
Cawoks, cas