Meeting ID: 846 8484 8816
Room Number: Passcode: 378465

Virtual Meeting URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684848816?pwd=NUVxc20xOFoyOGpuV2RVemthTFYwUT09

During the pre-colonial era, indigenous Coast Miwok and Ohlone peoples lived in abundance in the Bay Area. With the plenitude of acorn-producing oak trees, edible plants, game, fish, shellfish, and waterfowl from the bay and coastal shoreline, historical and archeological evidence shows that famine was rare, even during years of drought or poor harvest.

Learn more about the Bay Area’s pre-Colonial settlements of indigenous peoples at our upcoming event with naturalist Jerry Coe. He’ll shed light on the history of the Coast Miwok and Ohlone people, how they survived within the landscape, and common cultural practices. Jerry will also share how the thousands of Coast Miwok who lived in the North Bay when Spaniards arrived in 1769 were almost wiped out within a century. Many died of European diseases; others moved away. Miwok people still live in the Bay Area today, with the largest group at Graton Rancheria in Sonoma County.