350 16th Street and Albion
Mission District
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The Coast Miwok
“We lived in harmony with the planet for thousands of years. We respected the earth and were thankful fo all the gifts it gave us
With the invasion of the outsiders our lives were shattered. We were imprisoned, forced into slave labor and punished for following our beliefs.
The California Rancheria Act of 1958 was the final blow in a long series of government actions designed to kill us off and gain control of our land. Over the next 40 years we found the strength to organize and fight those who had tried to erase us from our native land.
Through hard work and perseverance our rights were finally restored on December 27, 2000
We have a long way to go but today, there is more hope for survival and prosperity than anytime in the last 250 years.”
The Coast Miwok were the second largest group of Miwok Native American people. The Coast Miwok inhabited the general area of modern Marin County and southern Sonoma County in Northern California, from the Golden Gate north to Duncans Point and eastward to Sonoma Creek. The Coast Miwok included the Bodega Bay Miwok from authenticated Miwok villages around Bodega Bay and Marin Miwok.
The artist, Richard Blakely is a graduate of SFSU, he entered the art world through commercial illustration, motion picture production painting, graphic design, and motorcycle/hot rod art.
I’ve never heard of them. Good thing someone is doing something to change that.