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Ethnography of the Cahuilla Indians

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.8, no.2
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Author/Creator
A. L. Kroeber
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 8, (pp29-68).
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Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.33, no.3
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Author/Creator
Julian H. Steward
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 33, (pp233-350).
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Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.31, no.3
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Author/Creator
Isabel T. Kelly
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 31, (pp67-210).
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Ethnography of the Yuma Indians

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.28, no.4
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Author/Creator
C. Daryll Forde
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 28, (pp83-278).
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Ethnology of the Nisenan

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.31, no.6
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Author/Creator
Ralph L. Beals
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 31, (pp335-414).
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Evidence of Early Man Exposed at Yuha Pinto Wash

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. Morlin Childers
Herbert L. Minshall
American Antiquity, vol. 45, no. 2, April 1980, pp. 297-308
Description
Storm unearths artifacts proving the Yuha Desert was inhabited more than 50,000 years ago.
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The Evolution of Beaded Baskets

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Native American Symposium ; 5th, 2003
Native Being -- Being Native: Identity and Difference: Proceedings of the Fifth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Carole McAllister
Carlon R. Andre
Description
Discusses the history and development of beaded basket making.
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Expand and Contract: E-Learning Shapes the World in Cyprus and in California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Strow Sheley
Carol Zitzer-Comfort
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. [71]-90
Description
Describes a cross-cultural university course on American Indian literature and history. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 71.
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Extermination of the Joyas: Gendercide in Spanish California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah A. Miranda
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 253-284
Description
Examines the various strategies employed to both joyas (two-spirited people) and the Indigenous community to accomplish gendercide.
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Federal Policy Affecting the Education of Indians in California, 1849-1934

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irving G. Hendrick
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 1976, pp. 163-185
Description
Reviews the United States educational policy that aimed to prepare Native Americans for "citizenship and civilization" initially provided support for boarding and separate day schools and later for public school education.
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The First Salmon Ceremony of the Karuk Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen H. Roberts
American Anthropologist, vol. 34, no. 3, New Series, July-September 1932, pp. 426-440
Description
Provides description and editorial comments on various aspects of the ceremony; based on information collected in 1926 by Earna Gunther.
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The Fisheries of Northwestern North America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gordon W. Hewes
Economic Geography, vol. 28, no. 1, January 1952, pp. 66-73
Description
Describes the Pacific Salmon, in a cultural and economic sense, through the evolution of Aboriginal fisheries.
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Folsom and Nepesta Points

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Scoggin
American Antiquity, vol. 5, no. 4, April 1940, pp. 290-298
Description
Examines the claim that evidence of the Folsom complex was found in California.
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Forty-Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1926-1927

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Author/Creator
J. Walter Fewkes
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes Exploration of the Burton Mound at Santa Barbara, California by John P. Harrington Social and Religious Beliefs and Usages of the Chickasaw Indians by John R. Swanton Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians by Frances Densmore Archeological Investigations-II by Gerard Fowke
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Forty Years and Counting

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Sarris
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 11-18
Description
Discusses the conditions of Native American life in California, and the need to break old patterns and embrace new changes.
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Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.42, no.3
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Author/Creator
Robert F. Heizer
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 42, (pp251-302).
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From the Reservation to Smithsonian via Alcatraz

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George P. Horse Capture
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 135-149
Description
Describes how there is sunshine everywhere, pride, perseverance, and a reawakening of an ancient culture which, the author contends, all came about due to the occupation of Alcatraz Island.
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Functional Families of the Patwin

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.13, no.7
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Author/Creator
W. C. McKern
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 13, (pp235-258).
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The Fundamental Elements of Northern Yana

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.13, no.6
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Author/Creator
E. Sapir
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 13, (215-234).
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The Future in the Past of Native and Indigenous Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Warrior
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 55-58
Description
Discusses some of the issues of the beginnings of Native and Indigenous studies. The article also suggests that what one needs to look at more precisely is at what people mean when they talk about those beginnings, namely specific figures and practices within indigenous traditions.
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The Future of Native Studies: A Modest Manifesto

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa K. Nelson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 39-45
Description
Examines the trends and future research directions for Indigenous studies programs.
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Gambling on History: Shaping Narratives in Native Public Spaces

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Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
John Bodinger de Uriarte
Melissa Biggs
Description
Looks into the question of whether profits from Native American gaming helped to establish or expand Native American museums and cultural centers as venues for cultural self-representation. Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013. Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.
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Gender Status Decline, Resistance, and Accommodation among Female Neophytes in the Missions of California: A San Gabriel Case Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward D. Castillo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 67-93
Description
Focuses on the Kumivit, or Gabrielino, Indians and documents the resistance and responses of women to the new colonial order. The time period covered for this topic includes Toypurina’s revolt and Bartolomea’s bitter recollections of the destruction of her culture.
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Geometry of Native American Art

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Parr
Description
Discusses the similarities between geometric patterns and symbols in Native American Indian artwork.
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A Ghost-Dance in California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. L. Kroeber
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 17, no. 64, January-March 1904, pp. 32-35
Description
Description of the "ghost dance" as practised by the Yurok and Karok peoples of the lower Klamath River in California
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Government-to-Government Negotiations: How the Timbisha Shoshone Got its Land Back

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Haberfeld
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 127-165
Description
Discussion of the 1933 removal of the Timbisha Shoshone from Death Valley and then the 1994 legal requirement of the Department of Interior to study the ancestral lands within and outside of Death Valley National Park with the purpose of identifying lands suitable for a reservation.
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A Grammar of the Wappo Language

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University of California Publications American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.27
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Author/Creator
Paul Radin
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 27 (pp1-194).
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(Great White Owl) / Jema-Halo Ti-Wi-Ji

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darryl Wilson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 497-509
Description
An oral story passed down to the author about a cleansing story in modern day Burney Falls in Shasta County.
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