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• The Ohlone Past and Present

  Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region

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  One of the first books to remedy the neglect of Bay Area indigenous groups in the published anthropological literature.

• We Are the Land

  a History of Native California

  Akins, Damon B., 1971-

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  This book rewrites the history of California as indigenous. Excellent for casual readers as well as students and policy makers interested in a history that centers the native experience.

• News From Native California

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  "News from Native California" is a quarterly magazine devoted to the vibrant cultures, arts, languages, histories, social justice movements, and stories of California’s diverse Indian peoples.

• Bad Indians

  a Tribal Memoir

  Miranda, Deborah A

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  Miranda's beautiful and devastating book—part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir—should be required reading for anyone seeking to learn about California Indian history, past and present.

• The Way We Lived

  California Indian Stories, Songs & Reminiscences

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  Updated version! Before contact, Native people in what we now call California comprised hundreds of culturally and linguistically diverse tribal groups. Reflecting that diversity, this collection of personal histories, songs, chants, and stories is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flutes of Fire

  An Introduction to Native California Languages

  Hinton, Leanne,

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  Before outsiders arrived, about one hundred distinct Indigenous languages were spoken in California, and many of them are in use today. Updated for the first time in 25 years, this book highlights the exciting efforts of language activists.

• California Through Native Eyes

  Reclaiming History

  Bauer, William J., Jr.,

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  An excellent collection of oral histories of Concow, Pomo, and Paiute workers, taken as part of a New Deal federal works project, revealing how Native peoples have experienced and interpreted the history of the land we now call California.

• First Families

  a Photographic History of California Indians

  L. Frank

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  The documentary project, funded by the California State Library and LEF Foundation, paints an unprecedented portrait of California’s indigenous people using their own words and photographs from their own family albums.

• The Dirt Is Red Here

  Art and Poetry From Native California

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  Poetry and art drawn from the archives of "News from Native California."

• Muwekma Ohlone Tribe

  View on muwekma.org

  The Official Website of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Sogorea Te’ Land Trust

  View on sogoreate-landtrust.org

  Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust based in the San Francisco Bay Area that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people.

• Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land

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  Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. We welcome you to our site.

• Indian Canyon

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  Indian Canyon is the only federally recognized “Indian Country” between Sonoma and Santa Barbara.

• Varying Perspectives on the Missions

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  Resource from Teaching California that addresses the ways that foreign contact changed Native people’s lives during the Spanish mission period.