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-- United States and the California Indian catastrophe, 1846-1873[2017]., Yale University Press Call No: NL 979.4 MAD Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Lamar series in western historySummary Note: Provides an account of the government-sanctioned genocide of California Indians under United States rule. Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Madley uncovers the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. He describes pre-contact California and precursors to the genocide before explaining how the Gold Rush stirred vigilante violence against California Indians. He narrates the rise of a state-sanctioned killing machine and the broad societal, judicial, and political support for genocide. Many participated: vigilantes, volunteer state militiamen, U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. congressmen, California governors, and others. Ultimately, the state and federal governments spent at least $1,700,000 on campaigns against California Indians. Besides evaluating government officials' culpability, Madley considers why the slaughter constituted genocide and how other possible genocides within and beyond the Americas might be investigated using the methods presented in this book. --Adapted from publisher description.
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-- Tribal memoir[2013]., Heyday Call No: NL B MIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this beautiful and devastating book, part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir, Deborah Miranda tells both the stories of her Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen family and the experience of California Indians as a whole through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems. Reassembling the shards of her people's past, she creates a work of literary art that is wise, angry, and playful all at once, one that will break your heart and teach you to see the world anew"--Back cover.
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c2002., Compass Point Books Call No: 979.4 HEI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: We the peopleSummary Note: Describes the beginning of the Spanish mission system in California, its expansion, and the effects of the missions on the native peoples of that area.
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c2017., Pre-adolescent, Lerner Publications Call No: ENF 979.4004 97 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: California is a land of varied landscapes, climates, and cultures. Before Europeans arrived in North America, more than twenty independent American Indian groups lived in this region. Their cultures were as diverse as the areas they called home. Along the coast, in the mountains, and in the desert, these nations developed ways of life shaped by their surroundings. Many twenty-first century American Indians still call California home. Find out what these nations have in common and what makes each of them unique.
