CACHE CREEK POMO

MABEL MAKEL WAS BORN IN 1907 IB NICE, LAKE COUNTY. HER MOTHER/FATHER WERE LOST CACHE CREEK SOULS. SHE WAS RAISED BY HER GRANDMOTHER AND SHE TAUGHT HER THEIR LANGUAGE. SHE TAUGHT HER THEIR RICH HISTORY OF THE MANLY POMO AND THE WINTU TRIBE.

SHE BECAKE AN EXPERT BASKETMAKER, PERHAPS THE BEST AND SHE BECAME A MEDICINE WOMAN AND AN INDIAN DOCTOR. SHE WAS THE BEST SUCKING DOCTOR IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA.

MABEL HAD MO WAY OF CONNECTING WITH YOU ALL HER STORIES. SHE JUST EXPRESSED WHAT WAS ON HER MIND TO STUDENTS TO GROUPS.

SHE RESPECTED EVERYTHING AROUND HER. SHE KNEW ENGLISH . SHE LIVED AT RUMSEY, WINTU RESERVATION AND GREG SARRIS BROUGHT A FRIEND WITH HIM. SHE TOLD THE ABOUT A WOMAN LOVED A SNAKE. SHE WORKED IN A CANNERY AND HER HUSBAND WORKED AT NIGHT. HE SAID LOCK THE DOOR. ONE NIGHT SOMEONE KEPT KNOCKING ON HER DOOR. SHE HAD NO PHONE THEN SOMEONE CAME IN HER HOUSE AND SHE SERVES HIM COFFEE AND SOME FOOD. NEXT MORNING HER HUSBAND ASKS WHAT IS ON THE TABLE? A SNAKE WAS LEFT WAS LEFT COILED UP. HE PUTS IT OUTSIDEAND THE SAME THING HAPPENS HE NEXT NIGHT. THEN THE HUSBAND GETS SUSPICIOUS OF THIS SNAKE IN A VASE. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO KILL IT. BUT IT HAPPENS THE NEXT DAY TOO. SHE SAID DON'T STAY HERE! HE WANTED HER TO SEE HIM KILL IT AND THE STORY GOES ON AND ON...THE SNAKE MAY BE A SIGN?

THE ELEM TRIBE INITIATED MABEL INTO THEIR DANCES AND ACTIVITIES AFTER SARAH'S PEOPLE, THE CACHE CREEK POMO WERE REMOVED FROM THEIR LAND, AND THE GROUNDS BY THE NON INDIANS. THE ELEM SAID YOU'D FIND A WAY A WAY TO GO AFTER THE ANGLOS RUN OVER THE EARTH. ANYWAY THAT'S THE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO LOVED A SNAKE. SHE FINISHED " SNAKES CAN TEACH YOU LOTS OF THINGS".

'SURVIVING THE DAY' BY HERBERT LUTHIN