Esselen
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FOUR DIRECTIONS
INSTITUTE Esselen |
| Ethnie: | ESSELEN |
| Language: | Esselen |
| Family: | Esselen |
| Stock: | Western Hokan |
| Phylum: | Hokan |
| Macro-Culture: | Transitional - Chungichnich, Kuksu |
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| The Esselen were a semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer language family of California. They were located on the upper Carmel and Sur Rivers and along the coast from Point Lopez to Point Sur. The tribe was destroyed by missionization, even before the influx of gold rush miners and settlers. Descendants remain in their aboriginal territories. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| 6 villages |
| Present Locations |
| Extinct as a culture though some descendents remain in aboriginal territories |
| Groups with recognition petitions pending |
| ESSELEN TRIBE OF MONTEREY COUNCIL, San Mateo |
| OHLONE/COSTANOAN - ESSELEN NATION, Palo Alto |
| Year | History |
| 1770 | Bulk of population gathered into Missions San Carlos Borromeo and Nuestra Señora de la Soledad |
| 1802 | Pneumonia and diphtheria epidemics |
| 1806 | Measles epidemic |
| 1821 | Few remaining indentured to Mexican lords |
| Year | Population | Source |
| 1700 | 750 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1770 | 750 | Kroeber |
| 1800 | 500 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1828 | 1 | Hester |
| 1900 | 50 | NAHDB calculation |
| 2000 | 50 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| None |
| Esselen Sites |
| Early History - San Francisco to Big Sur http://www.carmelvalley.com/cvbin/history.html |
| Esselen Archeological Sites http://www.wateroverthedam.org/impacts/human/human2.htm |
| Esselen Indians http://users.dedot.com/mchs/esselen.html |
| Esselen Tribe http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gregoryd/esselen.html |
| Esselen Tribe of Monterey County http://www.esselen.com/ |
| Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation http://www.talamasca.org/esselen/ |
| Treatment of the Esselen Indians http://www.carmelvalley.com/cvbin/esselen.html |
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