The Destruction of California Indians : a collection of documents from the period 1847 to 1865 in which are described some of the things that happened to some of the Indians of California /

The Destruction of California Indians : a collection of documents from the period 1847 to 1865 in which are described some of the things that happened to some of the Indians of California / edited by Robert F. Heizer ; introduction to the Bison book edition by Albert L. Hurtado. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1993. - xxi, 321 p. : ill. 23 cm.

A Bison book. Originally published: Santa Barbara : Peregrine Smith, c1974.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321)

others say humanitarian concerns. Robert F. Heizer, in the former camp, has compiled a damning collection of contemporaneous accounts that will provoke students of California history to look deeply into the state's record of race relations and to question bland generalizations about the adventuresome days of the Gold Rush. www.alibris.com 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 state

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