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Resources: Native Studies

Native California Studies

Websites

Amah Mutsun Tribal Band

Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation

Gabrielino-Tongva Indian Tribe:  History

Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians

San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians

Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians

California Indians:  The First People

Castillo, Edward E. "California Indian History

"First People's of California"  

"Languages of California"  

 

Articles

News from Native California 

Chilcote, Olivia. “Born on Thanksgiving” 

Chilcote, Olivia. “Education as Self-Determination” 

 

Books

Bauer, William J. California Through Native Eyes : Reclaiming History 

Castillo, Elias.  A Cross of Thorns : The Enslavement of California’s Indians by the Spanish Missions 

Chavez, Yve. Indigenous Artists, Ingenuity, and Resistance at the California Missions After 1769https://escholarship.org/uc/item/355609rf 

Chilcote, O. The Process and The People: Federal Recognition in California, Native American Identity, and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians

Gamble, Lynn H. The Chumash World at European Contact : Power, Trade, and Feasting Among Complex Hunter-Gatherers

Golla, Victor. California Indian Languages

Haas, Lisbeth. Saints and Citizens : Indigenous Histories of Colonial Missions and Mexican California

Hackel, Steven W. Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis : Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial California, 1769-1850

Kennett, Douglas J.. The Island Chumash : Behavioral Ecology of a Maritime Society

Kryder-Reid, Elizabeth. California Mission Landscapes : Race, Memory, and the Politics of Heritage

Lightfoot, Kent. Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants : The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers

Lindsay, Brendan C.. Murder State : California’s Native American Genocide, 1846-1873

Madley, Benjamin. An American Genocide : The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe 

Proudfit, Joely. On Indian Ground: California.

Risling Baldy, Cutcha. We Are Dancing for You: Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-Age Ceremonies.

Native American Studies

Websites

Native Land

Native American Heritage Timeline 20th – 21st Century

Native Voices

California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

 

Books

Indigenous Peoples: An Encyclopedia of Culture, History, and Threats to Survival

Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne et al. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People

Medrano, Ethelia Ruiz. Mexico’s Indigenous Communities : Their Lands and Histories, 1500-2010

Ouden, Amy E. Den and Jean M. O’Brien. Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, and Indigenous Rights in the United States : A Sourcebook

Ramos, Gabriela, and Yanna Yannakakis. Indigenous Intellectuals: Knowledge, Power, and Colonial Culture in Mexico and the Andes

Reséndez, Andrés. The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America

Rubertone, Patricia E. Archaeologies of Placemaking : Monuments, Memories, and Engagement in Native North America

Stannard, David E. American Holocaust : The Conquest of the New World

Townsend, Camilla. Annals of Native America : How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History Alive