Celebrated healer, medicine man, of Miwok tribe in the Great Sacramento Valley (Sacramento County), California.
A special tribute was given to Aleck Blue in 2013 and a memorial stone was dedicated at the Hicksville Cemetery off Arno Road in Galt. It read:
"The ancestral land given to Miwok Headman at this cemetery by Employer and friend Pio Valensin for the burial of himself and his lineal descendants is now recognized as rows 14 thru 18 of the Eastern side. Aleck Blue was well-known for his healing, his leadership as a medicine man, and for maintaining the traditional ways of the Miwok people."
His date of birth ranged from 1839 to 1857 (date on a document with the BIA). Each U.S. Census record between 1900 and 1930 has a different year of birth for Aleck Blue. He worked most of his life on the ranch of his friend Pio Valensin. He married twice, his first wife Bestia and after her passing, he married Lucy.
Sources:
In 1900 U.S. Census listed with wife Lucy (age 40) and children Alice Rafael, Mary Rafael (his stepdaughters), and Felix Blue (age 6).
In the 1910 U.S. Census listed with wife Lucy and children Mary Blue, John Blue, and Felix Blue.
California Death Index gives year of birth as 1839 and date of death as 6/9/1934.
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In March, 1930, Aleck Blue was listed in the California Indian
enrollment along with a granddaughter, Antoinette Matthews (b. 15
October 1913). He stated that he was 1/2 Indian, "Digger," born in
Amador County, CA. His wife, Besita, died about 1885. Also entered
into the roll were his son Frank Blue, No. 7292, born 31 March 1883,
and four of his children then living at Galt, CA. (Bureau of Indian
Affairs 1928-33: Blue, Aleck; Blue, Frank). Aleck Blue had another
son, William Blue, born 16 June 1877, and a daughter, Mary (Blue)
Matthews, died prior to 1930 (Bureau of Indian Affairs 1923-33:
McKean, Annie Florine (Blue), Blue, Aleck; McKean, Annie F. 1952;
McKean, John L. 1952; McKean, Harry C. 1952; Daniels, Irene D.
(McKean) 1952).
Aleck Blue was born in Amador County; his father was white; his
mother was an Indian of an unknown tribe, though identified as
"Digger." His wife, Besita, was an Indian from Alameda County.
Source:
The Wilton Rancheria:
History of the Wilton Community and Its
Antecedents
Contributor: B. Helmer (48246017) • Nov 2021
A special tribute was given to Aleck Blue in 2013 and a memorial stone was dedicated at the Hicksville Cemetery off Arno Road in Galt. It read:
"The ancestral land given to Miwok Headman at this cemetery by Employer and friend Pio Valensin for the burial of himself and his lineal descendants is now recognized as rows 14 thru 18 of the Eastern side. Aleck Blue was well-known for his healing, his leadership as a medicine man, and for maintaining the traditional ways of the Miwok people."
His date of birth ranged from 1839 to 1857 (date on a document with the BIA). Each U.S. Census record between 1900 and 1930 has a different year of birth for Aleck Blue. He worked most of his life on the ranch of his friend Pio Valensin. He married twice, his first wife Bestia and after her passing, he married Lucy.
Sources:
In 1900 U.S. Census listed with wife Lucy (age 40) and children Alice Rafael, Mary Rafael (his stepdaughters), and Felix Blue (age 6).
In the 1910 U.S. Census listed with wife Lucy and children Mary Blue, John Blue, and Felix Blue.
California Death Index gives year of birth as 1839 and date of death as 6/9/1934.
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In March, 1930, Aleck Blue was listed in the California Indian
enrollment along with a granddaughter, Antoinette Matthews (b. 15
October 1913). He stated that he was 1/2 Indian, "Digger," born in
Amador County, CA. His wife, Besita, died about 1885. Also entered
into the roll were his son Frank Blue, No. 7292, born 31 March 1883,
and four of his children then living at Galt, CA. (Bureau of Indian
Affairs 1928-33: Blue, Aleck; Blue, Frank). Aleck Blue had another
son, William Blue, born 16 June 1877, and a daughter, Mary (Blue)
Matthews, died prior to 1930 (Bureau of Indian Affairs 1923-33:
McKean, Annie Florine (Blue), Blue, Aleck; McKean, Annie F. 1952;
McKean, John L. 1952; McKean, Harry C. 1952; Daniels, Irene D.
(McKean) 1952).
Aleck Blue was born in Amador County; his father was white; his
mother was an Indian of an unknown tribe, though identified as
"Digger." His wife, Besita, was an Indian from Alameda County.
Source:
The Wilton Rancheria:
History of the Wilton Community and Its
Antecedents
Contributor: B. Helmer (48246017) • Nov 2021
Celebrated healer, medicine man, of Miwok tribe in the Great Sacramento Valley (Sacramento County), California.
A special tribute was given to Aleck Blue in 2013 and a memorial stone was dedicated at the Hicksville Cemetery off Arno Road in Galt. It read:
"The ancestral land given to Miwok Headman at this cemetery by Employer and friend Pio Valensin for the burial of himself and his lineal descendants is now recognized as rows 14 thru 18 of the Eastern side. Aleck Blue was well-known for his healing, his leadership as a medicine man, and for maintaining the traditional ways of the Miwok people."
His date of birth ranged from 1839 to 1857 (date on a document with the BIA). Each U.S. Census record between 1900 and 1930 has a different year of birth for Aleck Blue. He worked most of his life on the ranch of his friend Pio Valensin. He married twice, his first wife Bestia and after her passing, he married Lucy.
Sources:
In 1900 U.S. Census listed with wife Lucy (age 40) and children Alice Rafael, Mary Rafael (his stepdaughters), and Felix Blue (age 6).
In the 1910 U.S. Census listed with wife Lucy and children Mary Blue, John Blue, and Felix Blue.
California Death Index gives year of birth as 1839 and date of death as 6/9/1934.
----
In March, 1930, Aleck Blue was listed in the California Indian
enrollment along with a granddaughter, Antoinette Matthews (b. 15
October 1913). He stated that he was 1/2 Indian, "Digger," born in
Amador County, CA. His wife, Besita, died about 1885. Also entered
into the roll were his son Frank Blue, No. 7292, born 31 March 1883,
and four of his children then living at Galt, CA. (Bureau of Indian
Affairs 1928-33: Blue, Aleck; Blue, Frank). Aleck Blue had another
son, William Blue, born 16 June 1877, and a daughter, Mary (Blue)
Matthews, died prior to 1930 (Bureau of Indian Affairs 1923-33:
McKean, Annie Florine (Blue), Blue, Aleck; McKean, Annie F. 1952;
McKean, John L. 1952; McKean, Harry C. 1952; Daniels, Irene D.
(McKean) 1952).
Aleck Blue was born in Amador County; his father was white; his
mother was an Indian of an unknown tribe, though identified as
"Digger." His wife, Besita, was an Indian from Alameda County.
Source:
The Wilton Rancheria:
History of the Wilton Community and Its
Antecedents
Contributor: B. Helmer (48246017) • Nov 2021
A special tribute was given to Aleck Blue in 2013 and a memorial stone was dedicated at the Hicksville Cemetery off Arno Road in Galt. It read:
"The ancestral land given to Miwok Headman at this cemetery by Employer and friend Pio Valensin for the burial of himself and his lineal descendants is now recognized as rows 14 thru 18 of the Eastern side. Aleck Blue was well-known for his healing, his leadership as a medicine man, and for maintaining the traditional ways of the Miwok people."
His date of birth ranged from 1839 to 1857 (date on a document with the BIA). Each U.S. Census record between 1900 and 1930 has a different year of birth for Aleck Blue. He worked most of his life on the ranch of his friend Pio Valensin. He married twice, his first wife Bestia and after her passing, he married Lucy.
Sources:
In 1900 U.S. Census listed with wife Lucy (age 40) and children Alice Rafael, Mary Rafael (his stepdaughters), and Felix Blue (age 6).
In the 1910 U.S. Census listed with wife Lucy and children Mary Blue, John Blue, and Felix Blue.
California Death Index gives year of birth as 1839 and date of death as 6/9/1934.
----
In March, 1930, Aleck Blue was listed in the California Indian
enrollment along with a granddaughter, Antoinette Matthews (b. 15
October 1913). He stated that he was 1/2 Indian, "Digger," born in
Amador County, CA. His wife, Besita, died about 1885. Also entered
into the roll were his son Frank Blue, No. 7292, born 31 March 1883,
and four of his children then living at Galt, CA. (Bureau of Indian
Affairs 1928-33: Blue, Aleck; Blue, Frank). Aleck Blue had another
son, William Blue, born 16 June 1877, and a daughter, Mary (Blue)
Matthews, died prior to 1930 (Bureau of Indian Affairs 1923-33:
McKean, Annie Florine (Blue), Blue, Aleck; McKean, Annie F. 1952;
McKean, John L. 1952; McKean, Harry C. 1952; Daniels, Irene D.
(McKean) 1952).
Aleck Blue was born in Amador County; his father was white; his
mother was an Indian of an unknown tribe, though identified as
"Digger." His wife, Besita, was an Indian from Alameda County.
Source:
The Wilton Rancheria:
History of the Wilton Community and Its
Antecedents
Contributor: B. Helmer (48246017) • Nov 2021
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