The houses are well constructed, round like an oven, spacious and fairly comfortable; light enters from a hole in the roof. 300 S. 9th Street, Suite 101, Salina, KS 67401 | Office: 785-820-5900 | Fax: 785-820-8066 The Esselen Tribe of Monterey County organization was founded with the goal of continuing cultural traditions and preserving the cultural heritage of the historic tribes that are located within the Monterey County, along with protecting and preserving the recognized and unrecognized sacred lands and archeological sites. The Gabrielino village also had a sweathouse where the men met to talk and sweat. HOUSES. Wedge-shaped tents up to 300 feet long housed a dozen or more families, and the tents could be quickly raised and moved or replaced whenever the Lake went on a rampage. The Clinic phone number is 805-688-7070. Reminder that all card holding members can go the Santa Ynez Clinic for in house Medical and Dental. Some Salinan people think the tribe's energy is better spent on educating the next generation on Salinan language and culture. Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want The sweathouse was round, built low to the ground and covered with brush and earth. Their beds are made on frames and they cover themselves with skins and shawls. Salinan was the indigenous language of the Salinan people of the central coast of California. Approximately 11,000 to 10,000 BC Chumash and Salinan people settled the coastal MorroBay/Cayucos area, including a large Chumash village to the south of Cayucos at Morro Creek. It has been extinct since the death of the last speaker in 1958. The Salinan people used to live along the Salinas River. The language of the Salinan Indians. Like other tribes, the Salinan Indians decreased rapidly during mission times, the number, at each mission having fallen to fewer than 700 by 1831, and then even more rapidly. "They arrange their houses in groups. There are several theories of how the name Cayucos was derived. The Yokuts living around Tulare Lake were more migratory than other sub-tribes, and their houses were mostly communal. A Spanish explorer, Longinos Martinez, in 1792 described the Chumash village. Some Salinan people think the tribe's energy is better spent on educating the next generation on Salinan language and culture. The tribe says the human remains that were found at a home on Acacia Road are probably those of a Salinan burial. University of California Press. Some houses were large enough to hold 50 or 60 people, with three or four families sharing living space. The missions of San Antonio and San Miguel were established in the Salinan territory in 1771 and 1797. pp.