With the beginning of Spanish colonization in 1769, the lives of the Indians of California changed drastically. The Spanish mission system, established along the Pacific Coast, required that local ...

California casino-owning Native American tribes are taking cardrooms to court, alleging they’re running illegal games. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, Senate Bill 549, the Tribal Nations Access to Justice Act, ...

In the last year, the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians – Kizh Nation has worked to protect its cultural sites from more than 850 land development projects around the Los Angeles Basin, thanks to a ...

From the award-winning author of Children of the Dustbowl comes a sobering look at two of the most frequently romanticized events in American history. For the native peoples of California, the period ...