Rancho Olompali was a 8,877-acre Mexican land grant in present-day Marin County, California given in 1834 by governor Manuel Micheltorena to Camilo Ynitia, son of a Coast Miwok chief. The name Olómpali comes from the Coast Miwok language and likely means southern village or southern people. The land grant is between present-day Novato and Petaluma. A part of this land now comprises the Olompali State Historic Park. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Olompali State Historic Park Videos
Novato's History Museums
A Sounding Board Conversation with Susan Magnone about the richness of Novato California's History Museums.
California Miwok
A documentary I made for the W.I.S.E. program in High School about the Miwok of Pt. Reyes.
Interview with Doloes Quintero- A Miwok Native American
US Census 2010, California Indian PSA, Chairman Franklin, Ione Band of Miwok Indians
Chairman Mathew Franklin, Ione Band of Miwok Indians, in a promotional campaign to raise awareness among California's Indian people to Be Counted in the 2010 US Census. Produced for the US Cenus-AIAN Tribal Partnership, LA Region by Turtle Island Productions, Pacifica, CA.
Pacifica State Beach, Pacifica, CA
A hazy, smoggy, smoky day in August 2016. Fires to the south, fog to the west, sun up above.
Miwok Indians Jocelyn M
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Miwok 1, troubled young man interviewed
Miwok 1, troubled young man interviewed
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior that administers more than 247.3 million acres (1,001,000 km2) of public lands in the United States constituting one-eight of the landmass of the country. President Harry S. Truman created the BLM in 1946 by combining two existing agencies— the General Land Office and the Grazing Service. The agency in addition manages the federal government's nearly 700 million acres (2,800,000 km2) of subsurface mineral estate located beneath federal, state and private lands severed from their surface rights by the Homestead Act of 1862. Most BLM public lands are located in one of 12 western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The mission of the BLM is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. Originally BLM holdings were described as land nobody wanted because homesteaders had passed them by. All the same, ranchers hold nearly 18,000 permits and leases for livestock grazing on 155 million acres (630,000 km2) of BLM public lands. The agency manages 221 wilderness areas, 20 national monuments and some 636 other protected areas as part of the National Landscape Conservation System totaling about 30 million acres (120,000 km2). There are more than 63,000 oil and gas wells on BLM public lands; total energy leases generated approximately $5.4 billion in 2013, an amount divided among the Treasury, the states and Native American groups.
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