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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