1860 Wiyot Massacre

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The 1860 Wiyot Massacre was a brutal attack by white settlers on the Wiyot people during their World Renewal Ceremony on Indian Island near Eureka, California, resulting in the killing of dozens of Native men, women, and children.

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1860 Wiyot massacre 3
1860 Wiyot Massacre canonical 2
Wiyot Massacre 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against Indigenous peoples ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
aftermath further displacement of surviving Wiyot people ⓘ
widespread condemnation in some contemporary newspapers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indian Island Massacre ⓘ
Wiyot Massacre ⓘ
linked to: 1860 Wiyot Massacre
category History of Humboldt County, California ⓘ
Massacres of Native Americans ⓘ
Violence against Indigenous peoples in the United States ⓘ
ceremonyTargeted Wiyot World Renewal Ceremony ⓘ
context Gold Rush–era conflicts in Northern California ⓘ
settler colonial expansion in California ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date February 26, 1860 ⓘ
ethnicGroupTargeted Wiyot ⓘ
eventDuring World Renewal Ceremony ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Northern California ⓘ
languageCommunityAffected Wiyot language speakers ⓘ
location Humboldt Bay ⓘ
Indian Island ⓘ
near Eureka, California ⓘ
memorializedBy Wiyot Tribe commemorations ⓘ
historic markers near Eureka, California ⓘ
method surprise night attack ⓘ
use of hatchets and knives ⓘ
notableFor attack on non-combatant Indigenous population ⓘ
killing of sleeping women and children ⓘ
partOf California genocide ⓘ
violence against Native Americans in California ⓘ
perpetrator local vigilantes ⓘ
white settlers ⓘ
recognizedAs mass killing of Indigenous people ⓘ
recognizedBy Wiyot Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Wiyot people
relatedPlace Eureka, California ⓘ
Humboldt County, California ⓘ
linked to: Humboldt County
result killing of dozens of Wiyot people ⓘ
near extermination of Wiyot community on Indian Island ⓘ
victim Native American children ⓘ
Native American men ⓘ
Native American women ⓘ
Wiyot people ⓘ
year 1860 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wiyot people → knownFor → 1860 Wiyot Massacre ⓘ
Wiyot people → notableEvent → 1860 Wiyot Massacre ⓘ
Indian Island → historicalEvent → 1860 Wiyot massacre ⓘ
linked to: 1860 Wiyot Massacre
Tuluwat Island → hasEvent → 1860 Wiyot massacre ⓘ
linked to: 1860 Wiyot Massacre
California genocide → hasPart → Wiyot massacres ⓘ
linked to: 1860 Wiyot Massacre
Wiyot → event → 1860 Wiyot massacre ⓘ
linked to: 1860 Wiyot Massacre
1860 Wiyot Massacre → alsoKnownAs → Wiyot Massacre ⓘ
linked to: 1860 Wiyot Massacre