A new exhibit brings light to a tribe that once flourished along the Carmel River
… The village of Rumsen was located at Carmel River, about five miles inland from San Carlos Mission in Carmel and the coast. … According to the U.S. government, this tribe had ceased to exist years ago. But people such as Munoz and Hettinger, known as Ohlone Sisters, have a different story to tell, marking the presence of a Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe community in Pomona. Today, the tribe has more than 2,000 members, they say. This exhibit documents the history and culture of the tribe with a series of photos and videos that show tribal regalia and other clothing, customs, dances and traditional ways of doing things, such as making a tule boat, a traditional boat members of the tribe used to navigate in the wetlands of Carmel River.
