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It has been argued that the United States did not receive California from Mexico by "right of conquest" or by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo because the majority of California was not under the control of the Mexican government. In eastern portions of Southern and Central California, few or no Spanish occupants were present. Northward from Santa Rosa to what would become the Oregon border, no Mexican governmental institutions were to be seen. This area was the aboriginal homelands of the Pomo, Wiyot, Yurok, Hupa, Karuk, Modoc peoples, just to name a few. They had lived there for thousands of years, and their aboriginal rights and supreme entitlement to their land and natural resources were undeniable. Therefore, the settlement of California must be reviewed and reevaluated.

Prepared by W.R. Schofield, secretary-manager, California Forest Protective Association. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; "1953 corrections and additions" ([4] L.) laid in.

"Most California histories begin with the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the late eighteenth century and skip to the Gold Rush of 1849. Noticeably absent from these stories are the perspectives and experiences of the people who lived on the land long before European settlers arrived. Historian William Bauer seeks to correct that oversight through an approach that tells California history strictly through Native perspectives. Using oral histories of Concow, Pomo, and Paiute workers, taken as part of a New Deal federal works project, Bauer reveals how Native peoples have experienced and interpreted the history of the land we now call California. Combining these oral histories with creation myths and other oral traditions, he demonstrates the importance of sacred landscapes and animals and other nonhuman actors to the formation of place and identity. He also examines tribal stories of ancestors who prophesized the coming of white settlers and uses their recollections of the California Indian Wars to counteract popular narratives that downplay Native resistance. The result challenges the "California story" and enriches it with new voices and important points of view."--Provided by publisher