Early California History

	Early California History
	Southern California before 1900
	(Francis Steen; revised 12 June 2007)

Chronologies

1. The Chumash

2. The First European Contact

3. The Spanish Incursion

4. The American Conquest

A Selective Bibliography

Articles

Brian Fagan, The Chumash

Richard Stephen Street, The First Farmworkers

Carey McWilliams, The Indian in the Closet

John R. Johnson, What was the Fate of the Chumash Islanders? (external)
Further articles by Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History staff

Ralph Berger, The History of How California Became a State (external)

External links
Chumash legends	*The Flood*
	*The Making of Man*
	*The Rainbow Bridge*
	*Coyote Meets Stinkbug*
	Web chat with Julie Tumamait (Nov. 99)
Lifestyle	*Clothing*
	*How to make cattail pollen pancakes*
	*Games*
	*Jeanne Arnold's Archaeological projects (UCLA);* *Channel Island Households*
	*John Anderson on the Jonjonata site*
	*William Hyder's Rock art index (UCSC) (see example)*
	*The Chumash Project and Chumash Indians (K-12)*
Native sites	*California Indian Basketweavers Association*
	The Cultural Conservancy -- Carrizo Plain -- images
	*Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria*
	*Four Directions Institute of Native American Studies*
	*Indian Circle Web Ring*
	*Muwekma Ohlone*
	*Santa Inez Band of Chumash Indians*
	*Southern California Indian Center*
	Broken Rope Foundation Trail of the Buffalo American Indian Museum in Ventura
	Gabrieleno/Tongva Nation
	Tribes, Nations and Bands (index site)
Current isssues	*Wimat, Tukan, Limu: Returning the Islands*
	*The 1981 Munoz Report (presentation)*
	*The Bureau of Indian Affairs apologizes (8 Sept 2000)*
Events	*Conferences (local list)*
	*Southern California resources*
Journals	*News from Native California*
Fiction	*Spirit of the Lima Bean Poems by red slider*
	*Queen Dandelion* *Poem by Steve Abee*
Major compilations	*Paula Giese's Native American Resources*
	*John Anderson's* *Chumash pages*
	Living Languages of the Americas
California history	*Cultural Readings: Colonization & Print in the Americas* *(UPenn collection)*
	*California History Society*
	*The California Historic Resources On-line Information Center*
	California Indian Memorial by Diana Tumminia
	*California Studies Program at SFSU (resource links)*
	*California Timeline, from the age of dinosaurs to the present*
	A History of American Indians in California (Nat. Park Service)
	The Online Archive of California (UC Berkeley)

Book Reviews

Anderson, John. Kuta Teachings:
Reincarnation Theology of the Chumash Indians of California (external presentation)

Coates & Fisher, eds. Out of the Background: Readings on Canadian Native History
Reviewed by Cam McEachern (external)

Codex Chimalpahin (670-1569 C.E.): The Nahuatl and Spanish Annals and Accounts
Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb (external)

Isenberg, The Destruction of the Bison: An Environmental History, 1750-1920
Reviewed by William H. McNeill (external)

Cutter. The Legal Culture of Northern New Spain, 1700-1810
Reviewed by Victor M. Uribe (external)

Frances & Anawalt. The Essential Codex Mendoza.
Reviewed by John A. Crider (external)

Welch & Stekler. Killing Custer:
The Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Fate of the Plains Indians
Reviewed by Karkavelas (external)

Maintained by Francis F. Steen, Communication Studies, University of California Los Angeles