California
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
While Mexico declared its independence from Spain on September 16, 1810, it did not actually obtain its independence until September 27, 1821. In the Plan […]
California
Spiritual and Medicinal Plants Used by the Chumash Indians
In 1542, the Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez de Cabrillo sailed along the coast of California. While he really didn’t discover anything, he did encounter the […]
California’s War On Indians, 1850 to 1851
In 1850 California was admitted to the United States as its 31st state. As with some other states, Native Americans were not seen as desirable […]
Honoring and Celebrating Genocide
Cultural genocide is a concept expressed by many Native Americans to describe the deliberate destruction of American Indian languages, religions, ways of dress and housing, […]
The Channel Islands in the Terminal Pleistocene
There was a time in archaeology some fifty to sixty years ago, when the basic hypothesis regarding the peopling of the Americas suggested that towards […]
Indian Rebellions at the California Missions
While it is not uncommon for some textbooks to give the impression that the California Native Americans passively accepted the missions, Spanish domination, and conversion […]
The Hokan Language Family
During the nineteenth century linguists—scholars who are engaged in the scientific study of language—began to adopt a biological model of language development in which they […]
Shellfish and The California Tribes
Long before the arrival of Europeans, the Pacific Ocean provided the Indian Nations of California with an abundance of shellfish: clam, abalone, mussel, olivella, and […]
California and Great Basin Art (Photo Diary)
California and the Great Basin is an area of great cultural diversity. With regard to art, this is an area well-known for its basketry. Among […]
The Klamath River Salmon War
Traditionally fish were an important food resource to most of the northern California tribes. Indian nations such as the Hupa, Karuk, Achomawi, and Yurok relied […]