Kabyai Creek massacre or Kaibai Creek massacre (August 17, 1854) was a massacre against Winnemem Wintu people. A party of white settlers attacked a Winnemem Wintu village at Kabyai Creek, on the McCloud River. 42 Winnemem Wintu men, women and children were killed.
The site of the village is on the McCloud River at the mouth of Kabyai Creek across the river from the McCloud Bridge Campground in the Shasta–Trinity National Forest, in Shasta County, California.[1] The village site is among those of the Winnemem Wintu being threatened with being submerged by Shasta Lake if the proposed raising of Shasta Dam occurs.[2][3]
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- ^ Kabyai Creek, USGS Map Name: Bollibokka Mountain, CA, from topoquest.com accessed June 6, 2013
- ^ Brian Melley, Tribe dances to protest Shasta Dam expansion, Wednesday, Seattle Times, September 15, 2004, from seattletimes.com accessed June 6, 2013
- ^ Peter Fimrite, Winnemem Wintu tribe stages war dance as protest, San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, May 26, 2012, from sfgate.com accessed June 7, 2013