We are the land: a history of native California

Introduction

A people of the land, a land for the people : Yuma

Beach encounters : indigenous people and the age of exploration, 1540-1769 : San Diego

"Our country before the Fernandino arrived was a forest" : native towns and Spanish missions in colonial California, 1769-1810 : Rome

Working the land : entrepreneurial Indians and the markets of power, 1811-1849 : Sacramento

"The white man would spoil everything" : indigenous people and the California gold rush, 1846-1873 : Ukiah

Working for land: rancherias, reservations, and labor, 1870-1904 : Ishi Wilderness

Friends and enemies : reframing progress, and fighting for sovereignty, 1905-1928 : Riverside

Becoming the Indians of California : reorganization and justice, 1928-1954 : Los Angeles

Reoccupying California : resistance and reclaiming the land, 1953-1985 : Berkeley and the East Bay

Returning to the land : sovereignty, self-determination and revitalization since

Conclusion : returns