The Salinan are a Native American tribe whose ancestral territory is in the southern Salinas Valley and the Santa Lucia Range in the Central Coast of California.

Today we are known as the Salinan People named by the California Spanish Missionaries who built Missions San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Miguel Arcangel and San Antonio de Padua.

Dec 13, 2017 · Allison Herrera is Salinan, a California tribe that's not recognized by the federal government and has no land or sovereignty. She explains how that lead her family to lose its ancestral home.

From the ocean, the Salinan got bullhead fish, clams, abalone, mussels, crabs, and seaweed. Many animals were hunted in the hills and valleys, including deer, antelope, mountain lion, wild sheep, ground squirrels, and rabbits. Two kinds of quail …

We have helped create permanent exhibits on the Salinan People at Missions San Miguel Archangel and San Antonio de Padua along with the Carnegie Library and both Camp Roberts …

The Salinan people are Native American indigenous inhabitants of the Central Coast of California, specifically in the areas now known as San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties.

Today: Today, many Salinan people still live in the area of their ancestors, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, and are active in the local mission communities, especially those of San Antonio de Padua and San Miguel.

The Salinan people were a linguistic stock of California who lived along the Salinas River in what is today San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties. They were named after the Salinas River. Their language was very irregular and more complex than most languages of California.

Dec 15, 2017 · The Salinan suffered what all California Indian tribes went through: genocide. Spanish missionaries came in the 18th century and forced them into slavery to build 21 missions that still line the state.

The Salinan people are Native American indigenous inhabitants of the Central Coast of California, specifically in the areas now known as San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties.