Detail View: Native Americans on the Central Coast: Valentina Valencia (née Yee), and her mother, Mary J. Yee (née Rowe), at Knott's Berry Farm : circa 1961 ; Mary Yee was the last known native speaker of any Chumash language.

Title: 
Valentina Valencia (née Yee), and her mother, Mary J. Yee (née Rowe), at Knott's Berry Farm : circa 1961 ; Mary Yee was the last known native speaker of any Chumash language.
Creator: 
Unknown
Date: 
circa 1961
Description: 
Valentina Valencia (née Yee), and her mother, Mary J. Yee (née Rowe), stand in front of wooden cabin at Knott's Berry Farm, circa 1961. Mary Yee was the last known native speaker of any Chumash language. Image originally obtained from Josephine Robles and John Yee, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Collection.
Type: 
image
Format: 
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm.
Contributor: 
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Subject: 
Valencia, Valentina
Subject: 
Buena Park (Calif.)
Subject: 
Knott's Berry Farm (Buena Park, Calif. : Amusement park)
Subject: 
Chumash Indians -- California -- Orange County
Subject: 
Chumash Indians -- Women -- California -- Orange County
Language: 
eng
Copyright Holder: 
Copyright status unknown.
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Note: 
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Note: 
Originally published as part of Native Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay
Identifier: 
ark:/13030/c88051dp
Filename: 
CVTB_183.jpg
BG Identifier: 
NA058