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Cabrillo College: An Introduction to California's Native People: Missionization

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the mission movement in California and its effect on the Native Americans. Timeline of the missions' founding is also provided.
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Calisphere: University of California Libraries

Univ. Of California: Calisphere: Early California Exploration and Settlement

For Students 9th - 10th
Images showing early California exploration and settlement dating from 1780s through the 1830s and describing the social, political, cultural, and economic life and interactions among pre-Columbian people of California.
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University of California

University of California: Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection at the University of California-Berkeley can now be accessed online through the Online Archive of California. It provides a vast collection of historically significant primary source images of early California and the...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Us History Map: Arctic, Northwest Coast and California Tribes

For Students 4th - 8th
A brief description of some of the main Native American tribes that lived in the Arctic, along the Northwest Coast, and in California.
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California State Military Museum: Mariposa Indian War, 1850 1851

For Students 9th - 10th
The California State Military Museum has captured the history of the Indian Wars. This is a synopsis of the Mariposa Indian War which occurred between 1850-1851, the best known battle during the Gold Rush years.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Spanish Missions in California

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses documents, photographs, and artwork to tell the story of the development and impact of Spanish missions in California during the Mission period.
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Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: Ranch/mission Days Alta California

For Students 9th - 10th
An 1890 article in "Century Magazine" by Guadalupe Vallejo relates his understanding of Hispanic influences on ranches and missions that existed in California before it became a state.
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Miwok Yokut Raids Into Mexican California, 1830 1840

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Yokut Indians and Wars that followed with changes in Hispanic California.

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