Julia Dixon Evans: In 1769, Father Junípero Serra founded the first Spanish mission in California — just a couple of miles from our KPBS studio. Back then, California was home to an estimated 300,000 ...

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 ...

ELEC copy purchased with funds from the Lloyd and Charlotte Wineland Library Endowment for Native American and Western Exploration Literature Introduction : openings -- A people of the land, a land ...

Gary Robinson has worked closely with Native American tribes for 45 years, but his cultural heritage wasn’t a big part of his upbringing. He was a city boy from Texas and doesn’t remember his parents ...

One September afternoon in 2016, I sat on a bench in front of the National Archives in Washington after a long day of research. As I scrolled through social media to pass the time before my ride ...

Tishmal Herrera, Ms. UCR Powwow Princess 2023-24, dances at a performance during Native American Celebration Day at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Sept. 22, 2023. (Photo by Miguel Gutierrez ...