Gunther Island Site 67

Address Restricted, Eureka, California. County/parish: Humboldt.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000208.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

• 4-Hum-67
• CA-Hum-67
• Dulawo't
• Tolowot

From Wikipedia:

Tuluwat Island

Tuluwat Island (formerly Indian Island or Gunther Island) is located on Humboldt Bay within the city of Eureka, California. The 1860 massacre of the Wiyot people was perpetrated in the village of Tolowot or Tuluwat on this island. A National Historic Landmark encompasses the midden at Gunther Island Site 67. Since October 21, 2019, the Wiyot Tribe have had the land deed to almost all of the island.

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