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The California genocide was a series of genocidal massacres of the indigenous peoples of California by United States soldiers and settlers during the 19th century. It began following the American conquest of California in the Mexican–American War and the subsequent influx of American settlers to the region as a result of the California gold rush.
Benjamin Barry (Miwok), World War II veteran and fire chief in parade dress [17] In 1770, there were an estimated 500 Lake Miwok, 1,500 Coast Miwok, and 9,000 Plains and Sierra Miwok, totaling about 11,000 people, according to historian Alfred L. Kroeber, although this may be a serious undercount; for example, he did not identify the Bay Miwok ...
A sketch of a traditional native lodge near Colvin, California c. 1852. The California Gold Rush was the conflict that caused the California genocide. [4] By the end of May 1849, more than 40,000 gold seekers had used the California Trail to enter northern and central California which had been up until then populated by Native Americans and Californios (the descendants of early Spanish settlers).
By the end of 1835, Plains Miwok was the native language of 60% of the Indian people at the mission. Between 1834 and 1838 the Alta California missions were secularized (closed as religious and agricultural communes).
The tribe conducts business from Sacramento, California. [3] The tribe is led by an elected council. The current tribal chairperson is Rhonda Morningstar Pope. [4]Tribal enrollment is based in lineal descent from original tribal members; [4] that is, the tribe has no minimum blood quantum requirements.
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For many years, ancestors of the Wilton Rancheria Miwok lived along the Cosumnes River until 1958. The tribal members are descendants of the Plains and Sierra Miwok, who lived and prospered in the Sacramento Valley long before encountering European explorers and colonists. [6] In their own language, mi-wuk means "people". [7]
Rancho Olómpali was a 8,877-acre (35.92 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Marin County, California given in 1834 by governor Manuel Micheltorena to Camilo Ynitia, son of a Coast Miwok chief. [1] The name Olómpali comes from the Coast Miwok language [2] and likely means southern village or southern people. [3]