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How Did the California Missions End?
The California missions ended after Mexico became independent of Spain. The newly independent Mexican government passed laws that called for an end…
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The Chumash
The Chumash are a widespread group of California native people who lived along the southern California coast and the Santa Barbara Channel…
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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Military commander, town founder, politician, patriarch. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was arguably the most powerful man in northern Alta California. After the American…
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Adopted by Indians: A True Story (Review)
Author: Thomas Jefferson Mayfield Editor: Malcolm Margolin Illustrators: Hilair Chism, Rick Jones Paperback: 144 pages Publisher and Year: Heyday Books, 1997 As we perused…
