In Popular Culture
The Esalen Institute in Big Sur is named after this tribe as is Boy Scouts of America Monterey Bay Area Council Order of the Arrow Esselen Lodge #531.
In 2010 the Esselen Nation petitioned the federal government for recognition as a tribe.
Read more about this topic: Esselen People
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