250th Anniversary — Daughter of Tucutnut

Today — January 7, 2023 — is the 250th anniversary of an event that took place in our Rumsen village of Tucutnut in lower Carmel Valley. In honor of this ancestor of myself and so many others, I’ve written up as much as is possible the story of her experience, blending documented historic facts with Rumsen cultural knowledge shared by elders throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Please read her story — “Daughter of Tucutnut — 250 Years Later” — located in our new “Stories of Then & Now” page. (Use the “Stories” drop-down menu above.) Shuururu mak menn Margarita.

—Linda Yamane, Member of the Rumsen Ohlone Tribal Community