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1. An Archaeological Overview of Portions of the North Coast Ranges and Northwestern California - Tamez, Sonia A.

   "An archaeological overview, sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management, in the preparation of the cultural resource element of an environmental statement for the District Timber Management Program, as required by the 1969 Environmental Policy Act." "The study areas consist of approximately 64,000 acres of National Resource Lands, unevenly distributed in Trinity, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma and Lake Counties." "The fundamental objectives of...

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2. A To Z Of American Indian Women - Sonneborn, Liz

   "A to Z of American Indian Women, Revised Edition profiles 152 American Indian women who have had an impact on American Indian society and the world at large. This volume dispels popular myths and introduces the reader to numerous women whose stories have often remained untold until now. Among the profiles included are those of activists, educators, artists, musicians, physicians, politicians, lawyers, and a range of other professions and careers...

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3. Handbook of Yokuts Indians - Latta, Frank F.

   This is a general ethnography of the Yokuts Indians of the San Joaquin Valley, California. The following subjects are covered: tribal geography, the Yowlumne, trade, dress and communication, houses and housekeeping, foodstuffs, games, hunting and fishing, basketry, artistry, language and names, stories and ceremonies, and Indian statements (a collection of biographies from various informants).

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4. Indian wars of the Northwest: a California sketch - Bledsoe, A.J.

   Originally published in 1885, this is a sketch of the time of Indian wars in California during the late 19th century.

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5. Killing for land in early California : Indian blood at Round Valley : founding the Nome Cult Indian Farm - Baumgardner, Frank H. III

   This is a history of the clash between the White settlers and the Native Americans in what is now an affluent county in California. The frontier wars gave land and gold to Whites and reservations to the Native Americans. Eyewitness accounts and extensive research show the conflicting roles played by the Army, State Legislature and the US Congress

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6. People Of The Valley : The Concow Maidu - Chase, Don M

   Account of the Concow Indians from Round Valley - their ancestors being the Maidus tribes from the east side of the Sacrmento Valley; the relations of the white Californians to the Concow tribes from 1850 to 1900, the clashes of the different tribes within these areas and the greed of the American settlers of the 1850's in the hills and valley of Califronia; photos and drawings included.

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7. Ranches and reservations : forced labor, kidnapping and enslavement of Native Americans in Mendocino County, 1850-1870 - Thomas, Robin

   Focuses on the slave labor ideologies and practices on Native Americans by the white man in California in the mid 19th century.

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8. Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources - Anderson, Kat M.

   John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today—that much of California was pristine, untouched wilderness before the arrival of Europeans. But as this groundbreaking book demonstrates, what Muir was really seeing when he admired the grand vistas of Yosemite and the gold and purple flowers carpeting the Central Valley were the fertile gardens of the Sierra Miwok and Valley Yokuts Indians, modified and made productive by centuries o...

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9. The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California - Cook, Sherburne F.

   "The present manuscript attempts a reassessment of the aboriginal population of Northwestern California, from the Oregon line to the Bay of San Francisco. There are no natural and fixed limits to the territory. Its outline serves merely the purposes of convenience. For this reason the individual units within the whole area are based, not upon natural ecological provinces such as mountain ranges, valleys, or river basins, but upon ethnic or ...

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10. The Historical Development of Interior Sections of Humboldt and Mendocino Counties - Herbert, Rand F.

    "A report on the historical development of the interior sections of Humboldt and Mendocino counties, which was designed to meet the requirements of the Bureau of Land management, Ukiah District, arising from the preparation of an environmental impact statement for "Sustained Yield Unit 13." Essentially, the report area reflects the approximate locale of the Sustained Yield Unit lands located in widely scattered portions of Humboldt and Mendoci...

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11. The lore and lure of the Yosemite; the Indians, their customs, legends and beliefs, and the story of Yosemite - Wilson, Herbert Earl.

    History of Yosemite Valley, including the original inhabitants, their customs, beliefs, legends and way of life.

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12. The Maru cult of the Pomo Indians; a California ghost dance survival - Meighan, Clement W.

    An account of the Pomo Indian Maru cult ceremonies that survived the Ghost Dance which flourished between 1870 and 1890. When the Ghost Dance gained great importance one hundred years ago, it was modified when it reached the Pomos to become the Maru cult. The authors have divided the study into the following divisions: the setting, the Bighead Dance including music, flag-raising ceremonies, costumes, clowns and concluding ceremonies, popular d...

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13. The missions and missionaries of California, V.1 - Engelhardt, Fr. Zephyrin

    Vol. 1: Lower California, with portraits, maps and facsimiles. Volume I of the Missions and Missionaries in California was compiled from original sources and was intended to serve as an introduction to the history of what was referred to as Upper or Alta California. This volume addresses the origin of the missions in Lower California, it's discovery, efforts to colonize the lower peninsula, the endeavors to establish a government, learn the l...

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14. The missions and missionaries of California, V.2 - Engelhardt, Fr. Zephyrin

    Vol. 2: Upper California, Part 1, General History, with illustrations, maps and facsimiles. Volume II was a general accounting of the missions and missionaries in Upper California. Section I addressed the establishment and administration of the missions by Fr. Junípero Serra. Section II covered the administration of Fr. Fermín Francisco de Lasuén and Fr. Estevan Tapis. The author posited that the real object of the conquest and occupation of A...

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15. Voices and dreams : a Mendocino County Native American oral history - Russell, Sally

    Sally Miklose-Russell conducted interviews with 52 local Native Americans of the Mendocino Coast. The intent of this project was to present a multi-generational representation of the Native American population that was born and raised here and those who have left. These in-depth oral histories represent the stories and views of Native Americans from the ages of 50 through 100. Although residents of the Round Valley are represented here, Voices a...

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16. Voices and dreams : an early reader - Russell, Sally

    "Drawn from the oral history collection Voices and dreams : a Mendocino County Native Americal oral history. Interviews conducted by Sally Miklose-Russell.

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