A readable and succinct account of how Indians fared under their Spanish Franciscan colonizers.

Historical information concerning California Indian tribes, notably the following: Tolowa, Yurok, Hupa, Chimariko, Shasta, Modoc, Okwanuchu, Achomawi, Astugewi,

William M. Denevan writes that, "The discovery of America was followed by possibly the greatest demographic disaster in the history of the world." Research by s

California is a contentious arena for the study of the Native American past. Some critics say genocide characterized the early conduct of Indian affairs in the