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Nome Cult Walk begins in Chico, honoring Maidu ancestors’ 1863 march to Covelo

Dozens of Native Americans gathered Sunday morning in Chico to start a long and emotional walk to Covelo as part of the annual Nome Cult Walk. The five-day, 100-mile walk commemorates a tragic moment in American history when beginning on Aug. 28, 1863, 461 Konkow (or Concow) Maidu were forcibly marched by the California State […]

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