26th Annual Heritage Day

Join us at the park for a day of festivities.

Olompali State Historic Park, which in prior lives was a Miwok village, a Victorian estate and a
  hippie commune, will celebrate its 26th annual Heritage Day on Sunday, May 15.

The all-day event will be held at the park, located three miles north of Novato. Admission is free, parking is $8.

Sponsored in partnership by The Olompali People and California State Parks, Heritage Day will offer a wide range of activities tied to the park's 8,000 years of continuous human history and its idyllic location on the flanks of Mount Burdell. Visitors can take guided walks to lean about Olompali's birds, plants, and archaeology. They also can hear experts relate the history of the Camilo Ynitia Adobe and the Burdell Mansion, as well as the planned renovation the historic Burdell Victorian Garden. Based on recent research, the garden soon could join the adobe on the National Register of Historic Places.

A silent auction will be held to raise funds for the park, with auction items donated by Marin and Sonoma County merchants and artisans.

Sandwiches and beverages will be available for sale, and, as in past years, there will be free ice cream courtesy of Clover Stornetta.

  Schedule of the Day's Events

10 a.m.       Native Plant Walk with Biologist Clint Kellner

                  Reptile Discovery Walk with Ranger Cecilia Rejas

11 a.m.       Camilo Ynitia Adobe and Burdell Mansion Ruins with State Parks Volunteer Matt 
                  Thompson

Noon          The 1960s Commune Archaeology Project Presentation by Senior State Parks
                  Archaeologist Breck Parkman and Elizabeth Fernandez

1 p.m.        The Chosen Family Commune Remembers Olompali

1:30 p.m.   Archaeology Walk and Talk with Nick Tipon, Chairperson of the Federated Indians of
                  Graton Rancheria Sacred Sites Committee, Archaeologists Breck Parkman, Victor
                  Bjelajac and George McKale, M.A. Archaeology

2:30 p.m.   Camilo Ynitia Adobe and Burdell Mansion Ruins with State Parks Volunteer Matt
                  Thompson

3 p.m.        Dry Creek Pomo Dancers at the Village

3:30 p.m.   Silent Auction Closes

 Ongoing Activities 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Grounds

• Adobe Brick Making with Tony Gonzalez
• Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue
• The Marin Museum of the American Indian
• Marin History Museum
• Novato Historical Guild
• Mission San Rafael Archangel Preservation Foundation
• Petaluma Quilters Guild

Burdell Barns

• Blacksmithing with Bob Fulton
• Marin Horse Council
• Novato Jr. Horsemen Association
• 4-H Club and their Farm Animals

 Recreated Coast Miwok Village and Native Plant Garden

• Coast Miwok Basketry Demonstration and Display
• Flint Knapping
• Clam Disk Making Demonstration and Display
• Coast Miwok Language & Culture with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
• Miwok Archaeological Preserve of Marin
• Native American Dancers
• Native Plant Garden walk with the Marin Master Gardeners