CALIFORNIA THROUGH NATIVE EYES: RECLAIMING HISTORY CIVIL RIGHTS As we grow older

As we grow older

and begin a process of self-recovery and healing

Dimensions: 80" x 50"

Growing fruits and vegetables

CALIFORNIA THROUGH NATIVE EYES: RECLAIMING HISTORY CIVIL RIGHTS As we grow olderMost California histories begin with the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the late eighteenth century and conveniently skip to the Gold Rush of 1849. Noticeably absent from these stories are the perspectives and experiences of the people who lived on the land long before European settlers arrived. Historian William Bauer seeks to correct that oversight through an innovative approach that tells California history strictly through Native