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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.
In the 21st century, language revitalization began among some California tribes. [12] The Land Back movement has taken shape in the state with more support to return land to tribes. [13] [14] [15] There is a growing recognition by California of Native peoples' environmental knowledge to improve ecosystems and mitigate wildfires. [16]
The Acjachemen (/ ɑːˈxɑːtʃəməm /) are an Indigenous people of California. Published maps often identify their ancestral lands as extending from the beach to the mountains, south from what is now known as Aliso Creek in Orange County to the Las Pulgas Canyon in the northwestern part of San Diego County. [2]
United States. ∟ California. The Chumash are a Native American people of the central and southern coastal regions of California, in portions of what is now Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties, extending from Morro Bay in the north to Malibu in the south to Mt Pinos in the east.
Scholarly estimates have varied substantially for the pre-contact populations of most native groups in California, as historians and anthropologists have tried to evaluate early documentation. Alfred L. Kroeber estimated the 1770 population of the Yuki proper, Huchnom , and Coast Yuki as 2,000, 500, and 500, respectively, or 3,000 in all. [ 11 ]
Native Tribes, Groups, Language Families and Dialects of California in 1770 (map after Kroeber) Tribe information from Angel Island State Park; U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs; Short radio episode Mouse Steals Fire from Coast Miwok lore in Californian Indian Nights Entertainments, 1930, California Legacy Project. Mewuktribe.com
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria. Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California. Big Lagoon Rancheria. Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley. Big Sandy Rancheria. Bishop Paiute Tribe. Blue Lake Rancheria. Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California. Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California.
Estimates for the pre-contact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially. (See Population of Native California.) Alfred L. Kroeber put the 1770 population of the Coast Miwok at 1,500. [35] Sherburne F. Cook raised this figure to 2,000. [23] The population in 1848 was estimated as 300, and it had dropped to 60 in ...