UPDATE: Likely Native American remains found in Atascadero possible Salinan Tribe burial
KSBY
and last updated 2021-02-10 21:40:50-05
We re learning some new information about the human remains found at a home in Atascadero on Tuesday.
According to Atascadero police, an anthropologist said they were likely Native American human remains.
It s possible they re remains from the Salinan Tribe. This hasn t been officially determined yet but the tribe tells KSBY it s been notified of burials in the area before.
The Salinan people used to live along the Salinas River. The tribe says the human remains that were found at a home on Acacia Road are probably those of a Salinan burial.