Search CLA

Pomo story of the Bloody Island Massacre

  • Item identifier: 24-126
  • Date: March, 1955
  • Contributors: Stephen Knight (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
  • Language: Central Pomo (poo)
  • Description: The Bloody Island Massacre occurred at the northern end of Clear Lake in 1850. The narration is transcribed in handwritten notes by Samual Barrett. See accession envelope #1488. Remainder of Frank Quinn tapes are at UC Davis. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 7, side B.
  • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-126 by request.
  • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
  • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Suggested citation: Pomo story of the Bloody Island Massacre, 24-126, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/11351.

Digital assets in this Item (available by request):
24-126.wav (759291774 bytes)