About: Esselen

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The Esselen are a Native American people belonging to a linguistic group in the hypothetical Hokan language family, who are indigenous to the Santa Lucia Mountains of a region south of the Big Sur River in Big Sur, Monterey County, California. Prior to Spanish colonization, they lived seasonally on the coast and inland, surviving off the plentiful seafood during the summer and acorns and wildlife during the rest of the year.

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  • Els esselens són un poble d'amerindis dels Estats Units que parlaven l'esselen, una llengua aïllada que és sovint inclosa en la hipotètica família de llengües hoka. Vivien a la costa central de Califòrnia i a les muntanyes costaneres, incloent el que avui es coneix com la regió Big Sur al , Califòrnia. Els membres d'aquesta tribu es troben actualment dispersos, però molts segueixen vivint a la Península de Monterey i regions properes. Històricament, van ser una de les més petites poblacions americanes natives de Califòrnia i per la seva proximitat a les tres foren probablement un dels primers pobles la cultura dels quals va ser severament reprimida com a resultat del contacte i dominació europea. (ca)
  • The Esselen are a Native American people belonging to a linguistic group in the hypothetical Hokan language family, who are indigenous to the Santa Lucia Mountains of a region south of the Big Sur River in Big Sur, Monterey County, California. Prior to Spanish colonization, they lived seasonally on the coast and inland, surviving off the plentiful seafood during the summer and acorns and wildlife during the rest of the year. During the mission period of California history, Esselen children were baptized by the priests when they left their villages and relocated as family units to live in the missions where they learned reading writing and various trades. The Esselen were required to labor at the three nearby missions, Mission San Carlos, Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, and Mission San Antonio de Padua. Like many Native American populations, their members were decimated by starvation, forced labor, over work, torture, and diseases that they had no natural resistance to. Historically, they were one of the smallest Native American populations in California. Various experts estimate there were from 500-1,285 individuals living in the steep, rocky region at the time of the arrival of the Spanish. Due to their proximity to three Spanish missions, they were likely one of the first whose culture was virtually eliminated as a result of European contact and domination. The people were believed to have been exterminated but some tribal members avoided the mission life and emerged from the forest to work in nearby ranches in the early and late 1800s. Descendants of the Esselen are currently scattered, but many still live in the Monterey Peninsula area and nearby regions. (en)
  • Los esselen fueron habitantes nativos de los Estados Unidos, en lo que actualmente se llama Big Sur, en la costa central de California. Las evidencias arqueológicas y lingüísticas indican que su territorio se extendía mucho más hacia el norte, llegando a la zona de la actual Área de la Bahía de San Francisco, hasta que fueron desplazados por la llegada de los ohlone hace unos 2,500-4,500 años. Los esselen residían en las cabeceras de los ríos Carmel y Arroyo Seco, y en la costa del Big Sur. También había asentamientos en las montañas costeras. Vivían en una de las áreas más hermosas de la costa del Pacífico, entre secuoyas, acantilados y espectaculares playas. Eran cazadores recolectores que residían en pequeños grupos sin autoridad política centralizada. (es)
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  • Esselen native 1791, by José Cardero (en)
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  • Esselen (en)
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  • Esselen, English, and Spanish (en)
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  • Central Coast and Northern California (en)
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  • As of 2003, about 460 (en)
  • Pre-contact 1700, est. 500-1200; (en)
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  • Rumsen, Ohlone, and Salinan (en)
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  • Catholic, traditional tribal religion (en)
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  • Els esselens són un poble d'amerindis dels Estats Units que parlaven l'esselen, una llengua aïllada que és sovint inclosa en la hipotètica família de llengües hoka. Vivien a la costa central de Califòrnia i a les muntanyes costaneres, incloent el que avui es coneix com la regió Big Sur al , Califòrnia. Els membres d'aquesta tribu es troben actualment dispersos, però molts segueixen vivint a la Península de Monterey i regions properes. Històricament, van ser una de les més petites poblacions americanes natives de Califòrnia i per la seva proximitat a les tres foren probablement un dels primers pobles la cultura dels quals va ser severament reprimida com a resultat del contacte i dominació europea. (ca)
  • The Esselen are a Native American people belonging to a linguistic group in the hypothetical Hokan language family, who are indigenous to the Santa Lucia Mountains of a region south of the Big Sur River in Big Sur, Monterey County, California. Prior to Spanish colonization, they lived seasonally on the coast and inland, surviving off the plentiful seafood during the summer and acorns and wildlife during the rest of the year. (en)
  • Los esselen fueron habitantes nativos de los Estados Unidos, en lo que actualmente se llama Big Sur, en la costa central de California. Las evidencias arqueológicas y lingüísticas indican que su territorio se extendía mucho más hacia el norte, llegando a la zona de la actual Área de la Bahía de San Francisco, hasta que fueron desplazados por la llegada de los ohlone hace unos 2,500-4,500 años. (es)
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  • Esselens (ca)
  • Esselen (en)
  • Esselen (es)
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  • Esselen (en)
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