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| Landmark #900 | Sacramento County | Visited: February 20, 2012 | Plaque? NO. 🙁 |
| What is it? | Nothing! The site has been lost to the ages! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: This was the location of the most significant Indian village and cemetery of this region. The Nisipowinan, part of the Maidu tribe, had a strong economic and cultural interaction with Capt. John A. Sutter’s settlement in the 1840s.
OTHER TIDBITS: For being so significant, very little information is still available about this site! Also called “Joe’s Mound,” after a local Portuguese farmer, and Pujune in the Maidu language, this site has yielded bones, shells, and stone fragments! The Maidu were divided in two groups, the Nisinan being the southern one. They made their homes at the edges of valleys where they could hunt elk, gather manzanita berries, and not have to worry about winter runoff! They were skilled canoe builders, basket weavers, and money makers. They literally made money from shells they received from coastal tribes! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Address restricted per Section 6254.10 of the California State Government Code, Sacramento ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~386mi (622km) — 6.5hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |
