Salinan
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FOUR DIRECTIONS
INSTITUTE Salinan |
| Ethnie: | SALINAN |
| Language: | Salinan |
| Family: | Salinan |
| Stock: | Western Hokan |
| Phylum: | Hokan |
| Macro-Culture: | Transitional: Chungichnich, Kuksu |
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| The Salinan were a semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer language group and culture. They ranged from the headwaters of the Salinas River, or perhaps only from the vicinity of the Santa Margarita Divide, north to Santa Margarita Peak, and an unknown point in the valley somewhere south of Soledad; and from the coast somewhere from about Point Sur south to some point above Morro Bay. They were all but destroyed by missionization and the influx of settlers after the gold rush. A few mixed blood remnants survive today. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| Divisions (villages): Playano (4), San Antonio (9), San Miguel (4) |
| Present Locations |
| Extinct as a culture. Survivors absorbed into local culture |
| Groups With Recognition Petitions Pending |
| SALINAN NATION, San Jose |
| SALINAN TRIBE OF MONTEREY COUNTY, Concord |
| Year | History |
| 1542 | Coast explored by Cabrillo who reported area uninhabited |
| 1602 | Viscaino may have met a few of the tribe in rush canoes |
| 1769 | Portola visited area, counted 1,050 along route, did not meet entire tribe |
| 1770 | Mission founded at Soledad |
| 1771 | Mission San Antonio de Padua established; maximum tribal population 1,124 |
| 1797 | Mission San Miguel Arcangel established |
| 1802 | Pneumonia and diphtheria epidemics |
| 1806 | Measles epidemic |
| 1821 | Large number indentured to Mexican feudal barons |
| 1831 | Datura cult active |
| 1850 | Influx of settlers |
| Year | Population | Source |
| 1700 | 2,000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1769 | 1,050 | Portola (incomplete census) |
| 1770 | 2,000 | Kroeber estimate |
| 1771 | 1,124 | Mission San Antonia de Padua |
| 1800 | 1,800 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1831 | 700 | Cook estimate |
| 1880 | 12 | Henshaw estimate |
| 1900 | 50 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1910 | 16 | Census |
| 1930 | 0 | Census |
| 2000 | 50 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| None |
| Salinan Sites |
| Mission San Miguel Arcangel http://www.currentrutledge.com/Westridge/Students/missions/miguel/paulineh.htm |
| Salinan - SFSU Narrative http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/Native%20Web%20Pages/salinan.html |
| The Salinan Indians (student project) http://www.santarita.losaltos.k12.ca.us/classes/room16/Mission/SalinanIndians.html |
| The Salinan Nation http://www.rahunzi.com/costano/SALINAN1.html |
| Salinan Painted Cave http://www.pelicannetwork.net/salinancave.html |
| San Antonio de Padua Mission http://www.geocities.com:0080/Athens/1051/San_Antonio.htm |
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