Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A map of California tribal groups and languages at the time of European contact. The Indigenous peoples of California are the Indigenous inhabitants who have previously lived or currently live within the current boundaries of California before and after the arrival of Europeans.
This is a list of indigenous rights organizations.Some of these organizations are members of other organizations listed in this article. Sometimes local organizations associated with particular groups of indigenous people will join in a regional or national organization, which in turn can join an even higher organization, along with other member supraorganizations.
Yaqui Nation of Southern California, Thousand Palms, CA [70] Yaquis of Southern California, Borrego Springs, CA, [71] Yokayo Tribe of Indians. [32] Letter of Intent to Petition 03/09/1987. [27] Certified letter returned by P.O. 10/1997 [26] [30] Yosemite Mono Lake Paiute Indian Community. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/06/2005. [27]
California has the second-largest Native American population in the United States. [2] Most tribes practiced forest gardening or permaculture and controlled burning to ensure the availability of food and medicinal plants as well as ecosystem balance. [3] [4] Archeological sites indicate human occupation of California for thousands of years.
California tribes and environmental groups argue state officials are violating civil rights by mismanaging water. The EPA is opening an investigation. EPA to investigate California State Water ...
Many places throughout the U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages.
Tribal members also include Cupeño, Luiseño, and Chemehuevi Indians. [4] Although many tribes in California are known as Mission Indians, some, such as those at Morongo, were never a part of the Spanish Missions in California. The Morongo Reservation is located in Riverside County, California in the San Gorgonio Pass.
As a member of the 2002 US Olympic figure skating team, she was the first Native American woman to compete in the Winter Olympics. Her great-great-grandmother, Bessie Tripp, was a full blooded Karuk from Orleans/Salmon River. Buck Martinez, former professional baseball player and current play-by-play broadcaster for the Toronto Blue Jays. [15]