Goodbye, Patrick's Point, and hello (again) to Sue-Meg (spoken "soo-meh").
The California State Park on the ocean north of Eureka got a unanimous vote from the State Parks Commission to revert to the name the Yurok people used for the place for millennia.
There is already a Sumeg (the spelling is variable) village within the park representing a traditional Yurok settlement. Now the name will extend to the entire park.
We talk about the significance of the name change with Skip Lowry, a State Parks employee descended from Yurok, Mountain Maidu, and Pit River people; Terry Supahan of True North Organizing Network; and Pastor Bethany Nass Cseh from Arcata United Methodist Church and Catalyst Church.