California Indians are members of more than sixty indian tribes. Many California indians are referred to as Mission Indians or Rancheria indians.
8,000 B.C. - According to leading archeologists, ceramic bowls, spears, and coiled baskets found in the Barona Ranch area in Southern California, were used by California Indians more than 10,000 years ago.
2,000 B.C. - Ancestors of the Miwok Indians of Yosemite first arrived in the region, establishing villages along the Merced River.
1,000 B.C. - According to archeological evidence, the Paiute Indians first arrived in the southeastern part of California at this time, before expanding eastward into Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.
390 B.C. - According to human fossils found on the campus of Santa Clara University, the Ohlone people were living in the area more than 2,400 years ago.
1542 - Captain Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo landed on the California coast and claimed it for Spain.
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- Raven SiJohn
- I spent 10 years traveling the US Pow Wow Circuit selling Indian art, and have visited most of the reservations in the US. We'd spend our summers in Montana (where the best pow wows are IMO), then in the fall we'd start working our way East and South to winter in either Florida, Texas or Arizona. Then in the spring we'd work our way back West and North and start the circuit over again, traveling to a new place each week.