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Juan Jose Fustero & Family
Tataviam Indians

[FULL IMAGE][CLOSEUP OF JUAN J. FUSTERO]

Juan Jose Fustero (left) and family lived near Rancho Camulos. The elder Fustero, who died in 1921, may have been the last full-blooded Tataviam Indian (although he actually spoke the language of the neighboring Kitanemuk of the Antelope Valley).

Tataviam Indians, a small group of speakers of a Takik dialect (Uto-Aztecan language family) were present in the Santa Clarita Valley by AD 500, around the time of the introduction of the bow and arrow.

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