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California was admitted as a U.S. state on September 9, 1850. [8] The admission act made no reference to Native American land rights. [9] On their second day in office as California's first Senators, John Fremont and William M. Gwin introduced bills to extinguish all aboriginal title in California. [10]
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.
Winnemem Wintu chief Caleen Sisk in 2009 A representation of a Pomo dancer, painting by Grace Hudson. Indigenous peoples of California, commonly known as Indigenous Californians or Native Californians, are a diverse group of nations and peoples that are indigenous to the geographic area within the current boundaries of California before and after European colonization.
California is stripping a derogatory term for Indigenous women from dozens of place names across 15 counties, state agencies recently announced.
Officials have approved the removal of the derogatory term "squaw" from over 30 geographic features and place names on California lands.
Aboriginal title may not be alienated, except to the federal government or with the approval of Congress. Aboriginal title is distinct from the lands Native Americans own in fee simple and occupy under federal trust. The power of Congress to extinguish aboriginal title—by "purchase or conquest," or with a clear statement—is plenary and
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.
The activists and Indigenous leaders, who filed their complaint with the EPA in December, have demanded that the state review and update the water quality plan for the Delta and San Francisco Bay.