California's Trail of Tears: Nome Cult Walk

In Fall of 1863, 461 Native Americans from the Yuki, Wailacki, Concow, Little Lake Pomo, Nomlacki, Pit River, Maidu and Nissinan tribes were forcibly marched from their homelands. The march was part of the nationwide, systematic, removal of native people to make way for non-native settlers.
They were forced by military escort one hundred miles from Rancheria Reserve near Chico, Calif., to the Nome Cult Reservation in Covelo, Calif. Of the 461, only 277 people completed the forced march that passed through what is the heart of today’s Mendocino National Forest. It was one of many forced relocations of Native Americans throughout California in the mid-1800s.
In this video we talk to descendants from those who were marched in 1863 and participants of the 28th annual commemorative Nome Cult Walk. They talk about their experience and reflections while on the 100-mile walk, what it means for healing, forgiveness and reconnecting with family and heritage.
Article by Laura Leidner: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/hom...
Speakers in order that they appear:
Ronnie Hostler, Round Valley
Bernadine Bill, Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation
Henry Simmons, Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians
Sonja Thinn-Miller, Round Valley
Kyle Miller, Round Valley
Sarah Lecklider, Mechoopda
Charlotte Bauer/ Concow and Wailaki Round Valley
Brandon Miller, Round Valley
Victor Alvarez/ Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians
Susan, Resident from Round Valley
Rose Alley Tribe, Mechoopda
Drone footage from Keith Ray, Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians
Special acknowledgement to the Nome Cult Walk Cultural Committee who graciously invited us to join the walk and trusted us with their stories.
(USDA Forest Service video by Andrew Avitt)