Bloody
Island Massacre
To this day, the US Army, State of California, or County of Lake,
have made no attempt to apologize for nearly annihilating the
innocent Pomo people of Bodanapotti.
California Indian
Heritage
Sen. Barbara Boxer's site will help you to gain a greater knowledge
of the rich history of California's Native Americans. More than
anything, she hopes you will gain an appreciation for their rich
contribution to our lives.
California
Indian Pre-Contact Tribal Territories
Nicely labeled map graphic showing where each California Indian
tribe lived in early California. Perfect for illustrating a 4th
grade report.
Chitactac
Adams Cultural History
The Uvas Creek/Little Authur Creek area has been the site of
Ohlone Indian villiages for thousands of years prior to the arrival
of the Spanish missionaries. Archaeological evidence indicates
that Mutsun Ohlones had inhabited this site for over 3,000 years.
Coyote Hills Knap-in and the Gathering of Ohlone Peoples
At the Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, California. Photos.
Federally Recognized California Tribes
The BIA only give the tribe's legal name -- often that of its
little rancheria -- so I added the tribe or tribes included for
each. I've grouped the rancherias by tribe, and arranged the
groups roughly from north to south.
The First Californians: Native Cultures
An extraordinary cultural diversity prevailed among the Indian
people of California. Styles of housing, dress, and transportation
varied from one region to the other. Kinship systems and forms
of political organization differed throughout the state, as did
religious beliefs and practices.
A History of American Indians in California
Unlike the present population of California, the Indians lived
well within the capacity of their environment. They developed
religious systems and social norms, and they traded with their
neighbors for goods or services not available in their own communities.
National Park Service.
Indian Canyon
The free, non commercial, Indian Created and Managed information site on Costanoan/Ohlone and California indigenous people.
Native
Americans -- Traces of the California Indians
Photos of geographical and constructed remains of past occupations
by California Indians.
Ohlone/Costanoan
Esselen Nation
Our ancestors endured through the major sociopolitical upheavals
of California history, outliving the Spanish-American Empire,
the Mexican Republic, and the formal acquisition of California
by the United States of America in 1846-1848.
The
Ohlone Indians in Oakland
10,000 people were members of over 40 tribes that between them
spoke 8-12 different languages. People only twenty miles apart
could barely understand each other.
Ohlone
Medicine
The land abounds in these natural remedies and to classify the
plants, give their names and describe their properties, the presence
of a botanist would be required. It is certain that many illnesses
are cured by these people and they have their remedies for everything,
many quite effective.
The
Ohlone People
Ancestors of the Ohlone people wandered into this land of great
abundance several thousand years ago.
Ohlone
Tribal Regions Map
This map shows all of the different Ohlone tribal regions in
the southern SF Bay Area. Yelamu Ohlone is where San Francisco
is today and Puichon Ohlone is where Stanford is, for instance.
Names in the northern SF Bay Area are from tribes other than
the Ohlone.
An
Overview of Ohlone Culture
In the 16th century, (prior to the arrival of the Spaniards),
over 10,000 Indians lived in the central California coastal areas
between Big Sur and the Golden Gate of San Francisco Bay. This
group of Indians consisted of approximately forty different tribelets
ranging in size from 100-250 members, and was scattered throughout
the various ecological regions of the greater Bay Area.
The
People You May Visit
Inhabitants of California. Louis Choris, 1822; hand-tinted lithograph.
The Rurik spent October 1816 in San Francisco. During that time,
expedition artist Louis Choris painted many Californians.
Review
of When the World Ended, How Hummingbird Got Fire, How People
Were Made : Rumsien Ohlone Stories by Linda Yamane
Yamane tells of the difficulties and excitements she had retrieving
the material that became these stories.
Shapes
and Uses of California Indian Basketry
A basket was worked, and formed of grasses, twigs and fibers
into a piece of artistic design--sometimes only to be admired
for its artistry, but usually created to serve a further purpose.
Baskets were made to serve all the container needs of the early
California peoples who had no pottery.
Short
Overview of California Indian History
Few contemporary Americans know of the widespread armed revolts
precipitated by Mission Indians against colonial authorities.
By Professor Edward D. Castillo
Song
for the Ohlone
by Martha Robrahn: We have walked these hills and valleys
long before your time, When the waters ran clear, the forests
stood tall, The earth gave us all we could ever need, And we
lived our lives in dignity.
Those
Who Came Before
Long before the Stanfords built their farm, the Muwekma-Ohlone
called this land their own. Now the University is striving to
preserve 5,000 years of history.
