California
President James Polk and the Indians
James K. Polk was the dark horse who became President of the United States in 1845. Polk set four goals for his administration and two […]
California
Sacred Places in Northern California
Throughout North America there are two basic kinds of sacred American Indian sites: (1) those which are sacred because of human acts of consecration, dedication, […]
Centuries of Genocide: Modoc Indians, Part III
( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey The Battle of Lost River In Part II, I had concluded with the Third Generation’s great […]
Centuries of Genocide: Modoc Indians, Part II
( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey Ethnography Prior to contact, the Modoc people inhabited an area approximately 5,000 square miles in southern […]
Centuries of Genocide: Modoc Indians, Part I
( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey Prior to contact, the Modoc people inhabited an area approximately 5,000 square miles in southern Oregon […]
The Migrations of the Yuman-Speaking Tribes
The Yuma-speaking tribes live in the desert and semi-desert area along the Colorado and Gila Rivers in what is now Arizona, California, Sonora, and Baja […]
American Deception in California
United States military forces occupied California during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). In 1850 California was admitted to the Union as a free state, that is, […]
Indians 101: Acorns
Long before the arrival of the first Europeans, California was the home to an extremely diverse variety of Indian cultures. The California culture area has […]
Alcatraz Island
The occupation of Alcatraz Island in California by a group of Indians from various nations during the late 1960s and early 1970s became the symbol […]
Indian Resistence to the California Missions
( – promoted by oke) While it is not uncommon for some textbooks to give the impression that the California Native Americans passively accepted the […]