California Indians

Paper Summary:

This paper presents a brief history of the Native Americans of California, focusing on their struggles with colonizing Europeans and their eventual loss of land and civil rights. The paper traces the history of Native Americans in the US back to their arrival in North America from Asia. Next the author describes their settlement and cultures in North America, and California specifically. The paper highlights the arrival of Europeans to Californian, describing the Native American's subsequent loss of loss of land, culture and autonomy. Special attention is paid to the effects of reservations on the Native American population.

Outline:
California Indians
Population Decline of California Indian
Figure-1: Native California [Census 2000]
Figure-2: Native California Population [Census 2000]
Indian Plight since Columbian Period


Paper includes maps and charts.

From the Paper:

"This exploitation continued well into the twentieth century and displacement of Native Indian from reserves continued with little or no compensation until the early twentieth century. The enlightened society of the twentieth century began to apply the laws which have been on the statutes for centuries to all Americans. Discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion and sex can not be legally justified anymore. This important factor now provides legal rights and new protection to Native Indians. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• California Indians Past and Present, , [Online] retrieved from Internet on 16th April 2006, http://www.allianceofcatribes.org/californiaindians.htm Census 2000, [Online] retrieved from Internet on 16th April 2006, http://www.nahc.ca.gov/California's Native American, Eskimo and Alute populations.htm
• Five Views: An Ethnic Site Survey for California, Nov. 2004, [Online] retrieved from Internet on 16th April 2006, http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views1.htm
• Heizer, R. F. The Destruction of California Indians: A Collection of Documents from the Period 1847 to 1865 in Which Are Described Some of the Things That Happened to Some of the Indians of California, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 1993.
• Natives, North American, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Columbia University Press, New York, 2004.
• Short Overview of California Indian, [Online] retrieved from Internet on 16th April 2006, http://www.nahc.ca.gov/califindian.html

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