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1) Traditional stories of the California nations

Author

Series

Native American oral histories

Formats

Description

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Discusses the history of Native Americans in California and describes some of their oral traditions on such subjects as the creation of the Earth and human connection to nature.

2) The way we lived: California Indian reminiscences, stories, and songs

Publisher

Heyday Books

Pub. Date

c1981

Physical Desc

209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Formats

Book, Reference

3) California native peoples

Author

Feinstein, Stephen

Series

Heinemann state studies

Publisher

Heinemann Library

Pub. Date

c2003

Physical Desc

48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.

Description

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Provides an overview the daily lives of California's native peoples, profiling their arrival in the area, survival in harsh times, relationships with the environment, rituals, customs, and beliefs.

4) The California Indians: a source book

Author

Heizer, Robert F

Publisher

University of California Press

Formats

Book, Reference

5) The earth is our mother: a guide to the Indians of California, their locales and historic sites

Author

Eargle, Dolan H

Publisher

Trees Company Press

Appears on list

Native American Heritage Month

Formats

Book, Reference

6) The inland whale

Author

Kroeber, Theodora

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Pub. Date

1959

Physical Desc

1 v.

Formats

Book, Reference

7) Indians and intruders in central California, 1769-1849

Author

Phillips, George Harwood

Series

Civilization of the American Indian volume 207

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Pub. Date

c1993

Physical Desc

xv, 223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

8) Languages, territories, and names of California Indian tribes

Author

Heizer, Robert F

Publisher

University of California Press

Pub. Date

1966

Physical Desc

62 p. : maps (some fold. col., in pocket)

9) California Indians: an illustrated guide

Author

Emanuels, George

Publisher

Diablo Books

Pub. Date

c1991

Physical Desc

xiv, 172 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Formats

Book, Reference

10) California Indian shamanism

Series

Ballena Press anthropological papers volume no. 39

Publisher

Ballena Press

Pub. Date

c1992

Physical Desc

viii, 274 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

11) Handbook of the Indians of California

Author

Formats

Book, Reference

12) California Indians: an introductory textbook

Author

Fairbanks, William Louis

Publisher

William L. Fairbanks

Pub. Date

c1998

Physical Desc

270 p. ; 28 cm.

13) California Indians

Author

Series

First Americans

Publisher

Facts on File

Pub. Date

c1991

Physical Desc

95 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 29 cm.

14) December's child: a book of Chumash oral narratives

Publisher

University of California Press

Pub. Date

c1975

Physical Desc

xxii, 359 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Formats

Book, Reference

15) Chumash: a picture of their world

Author

Miller, Bruce W

Publisher

Sand River Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

144 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Formats

Book, Reference

16) A is for acorn: a California Indian ABC

Author

Publisher

Heyday

Pub. Date

[2015]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 16 cm

17) Indians of California: the changing image

Author

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Pub. Date

c1984

Physical Desc

293 p. : ill., maps.

18) Native ways: California Indian stories and memories

Publisher

Heyday Books

Pub. Date

c1995

Physical Desc

127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Description

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California Indian culture and history, including the ongoing cultural revival.

19) Customs of the Canolino

Author

Publisher

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Pub. Date

1956

Physical Desc

24 p. : ill.

20) Archaeological survey: annual report

Author

University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Anthropology

Publisher

The Author

Pub. Date

1958/59

Physical Desc

v. : ill., maps.

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