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All Items > Directories and Documents > Tanis Thorne Native Californian & Nisenan Collection

Tanis Thorne Native Californian & Nisenan Collection (4,590 pages in 189 items) - View Finding Guide (See on one page, detailed descriptions of the items in this collection)
1820s Indian Life at San Luis Rey
1820s Indian Life at San Luis Rey (7 pages)
A Cahuilla Story - Adventures of Konvaxmal
A Cahuilla Story - Adventures of Konvaxmal (2 pages)
A Case Study of a Northern California Indian Tribe - Cultural Change to 1860 (1977)
A Case Study of a Northern California Indian Tribe - Cultural Change to 1860 (1977) (109 pages)
A Chronicle of Murphys Rancheria [Miwok]
A Chronicle of Murphys Rancheria [Miwok] (20 pages)
A Landscape Approach to Indigenous Autonomy in Colonial California (2015)
A Landscape Approach to Indigenous Autonomy in Colonial California (2015) (11 pages)
A Message from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs (Dept of the Interior)(1923)
A Message from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs (Dept of the Interior)(1923) (1 pages)
A Sojourn With Royalty (October 26, 1865)
A Sojourn With Royalty (October 26, 1865) (13 pages)
Abalone Tales by Les Field
Abalone Tales by Les Field (6 pages)
Aboriginal Trade Between the Southwest and California
Aboriginal Trade Between the Southwest and California (3 pages)
Acts of the California Legislature relative to the Indians
Acts of the California Legislature relative to the Indians (7 pages)
Amador Indians (Amador County History)
Amador Indians (Amador County History) (1 pages)
Anthropologist\'s Consultants (1982)
Anthropologist's Consultants (1982) (5 pages)
Archaeological and Ethnohistoric Investigations at CA-NEV-194, Near Rough and Ready
Archaeological and Ethnohistoric Investigations at CA-NEV-194, Near Rough and Ready (9 pages)
Before There Was Something, There Was Nothing by Darryl Wilson
Before There Was Something, There Was Nothing by Darryl Wilson (3 pages)
Bill McGarvey and the Klamath River Indians
Bill McGarvey and the Klamath River Indians (25 pages)
Bond of State of California for Indian Wars
Bond of State of California for Indian Wars (2 pages)
Borthwick\'s California - Gold Rush Panorama
Borthwick's California - Gold Rush Panorama (12 pages)
CA State Archive Indian War Papers (Primary Source) - Letters 1850s
CA State Archive Indian War Papers (Primary Source) - Letters 1850s (17 pages)
California Indian - Portraits from the North Coast 1890-1925
California Indian - Portraits from the North Coast 1890-1925 (15 pages)
California Indian Chiefs (January 31, 1857)
California Indian Chiefs (January 31, 1857) (3 pages)
California Indian Claims (1851-1852) - Summary
California Indian Claims (1851-1852) - Summary (2 pages)
California Indian Treaties Notes (Secondary Source)
California Indian Treaties Notes (Secondary Source) (13 pages)
California Indian Treaty Maps (1851)
California Indian Treaty Maps (1851) (9 pages)
California Indian War Commentary
California Indian War Commentary (10 pages)
California Indians and the Workaday West
California Indians and the Workaday West (10 pages)
California Indians, Historians, and Ethnographers
California Indians, Historians, and Ethnographers (18 pages)
California Indians War Debt
California Indians War Debt (18 pages)
California Legislature Documents of 1851-1852 - Indian Treaties
California Legislature Documents of 1851-1852 - Indian Treaties (5 pages)
California\'s Federal Unacknowledgement Petitioners (as of 1999)
California's Federal Unacknowledgement Petitioners (as of 1999) (1 pages)
California\'s Hopeless Indians (American Indian Life, 1926, No.4)
California's Hopeless Indians (American Indian Life, 1926, No.4) (4 pages)
Camp Far West - Letterbook of Captain Hannibal Day (1849-1851)
Camp Far West - Letterbook of Captain Hannibal Day (1849-1851) (8 pages)
C.E. Kelsey Correspondence with A.L. Kroeber (1904, 1913-1914)
C.E. Kelsey Correspondence with A.L. Kroeber (1904, 1913-1914) (11 pages)
Census of Non-Reservation California Indians 1905-1906 (1971)
Census of Non-Reservation California Indians 1905-1906 (1971) (6 pages)
Changes in Indian Life in the Clear Lake Area
Changes in Indian Life in the Clear Lake Area (4 pages)
Chumash Indians After Secularization
Chumash Indians After Secularization (22 pages)
Chumash Inter-Village Economic Exchange
Chumash Inter-Village Economic Exchange (16 pages)
Contributions to Descendant Chumash Communitiies - Channel Islands and Santa Monica Mountains
Contributions to Descendant Chumash Communitiies - Channel Islands and Santa Monica Mountains (1 pages)
Cultural Resources of the Marysville Lake and Parks Bar (1978)
Cultural Resources of the Marysville Lake and Parks Bar (1978) (443 pages)
Culture Contact in Protohistoric California
Culture Contact in Protohistoric California (33 pages)
Cushna in Historical & Statistical Information
Cushna in Historical & Statistical Information (13 pages)
Deeper Than Gold (pp52-53)(2005)
Deeper Than Gold (pp52-53)(2005) (4 pages)
Destruction of the English Dam by Augustus J. Bowie (1885) - (Technical Society of the Pacific Coast)
Destruction of the English Dam by Augustus J. Bowie (1885) - (Technical Society of the Pacific Coast) (10 pages)
Domesticate or Exterminate - California Indian Treaties Unratified & Made Secret in 1852 (1975)
Domesticate or Exterminate - California Indian Treaties Unratified & Made Secret in 1852 (1975) (8 pages)
Dressing the Part [Stereotypic Native Clothing]
Dressing the Part [Stereotypic Native Clothing] (12 pages)
Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians (2002)
Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians (2002) (51 pages)
Ecological and Adaptive Aspects of California Shell Money
Ecological and Adaptive Aspects of California Shell Money (23 pages)
Ethnogeography of the Hill Nisenan (1972)
Ethnogeography of the Hill Nisenan (1972) (26 pages)
Ethnogeography of the Miwok & Nisenan
Ethnogeography of the Miwok & Nisenan (28 pages)
European Colonialism and the Anthropocene - A View from the Pacific Coast of North America (2013)
European Colonialism and the Anthropocene - A View from the Pacific Coast of North America (2013) (15 pages)
European Colonialism and the Anthropocene [Pacific Coast]
European Colonialism and the Anthropocene [Pacific Coast] (15 pages)
Expeditions against the Indians in the 1850s & 1860s (Norris Hundley Paper)(2000)
Expeditions against the Indians in the 1850s & 1860s (Norris Hundley Paper)(2000) (18 pages)
Explanation of Differences and Similarities among Beads
Explanation of Differences and Similarities among Beads (17 pages)
Five Thousand Years of Shell Symbolism in the Southeast
Five Thousand Years of Shell Symbolism in the Southeast (13 pages)
Free Soil, Unfree Labor [Cave Johnson Couts]
Free Soil, Unfree Labor [Cave Johnson Couts] (20 pages)
Funding the California Indian Superintendency
Funding the California Indian Superintendency (13 pages)
Fur Brigade to the Bonaventura - John Work\'s California Expedition of 1832-33 (Part 1)(December 1943)
Fur Brigade to the Bonaventura - John Work's California Expedition of 1832-33 (Part 1)(December 1943) (33 pages)
Fur Brigade to the Bonaventura - John Work\'s California Expedition of 1832-33 (Part 2)(December 1943)
Fur Brigade to the Bonaventura - John Work's California Expedition of 1832-33 (Part 2)(December 1943) (28 pages)
Gedin Ch-Lum-Nu by Darryl Wilson
Gedin Ch-Lum-Nu by Darryl Wilson (4 pages)
Genetics, Linguistics, and Prehistoric Migrations [DNA Analysis]
Genetics, Linguistics, and Prehistoric Migrations [DNA Analysis] (32 pages)
Gold Diggers - Indian Miners in the California Gold Rush (1976)
Gold Diggers - Indian Miners in the California Gold Rush (1976) (19 pages)
Gold Rush Gambler - Yuba County\'s John Rose (July-August 1990)
Gold Rush Gambler - Yuba County's John Rose (July-August 1990) (8 pages)
Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native American Saltworks (2009)
Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native American Saltworks (2009) (28 pages)
Handbook Maps (Volume 8)(1978)
Handbook Maps (Volume 8)(1978) (7 pages)
Handbook of Yokuts Indians - Pahmit\'s Story
Handbook of Yokuts Indians - Pahmit's Story (11 pages)
Hawaiian History in Northern California (April 2004)
Hawaiian History in Northern California (April 2004) (24 pages)
Helping the Indian [Walker Lake Reservation, Nevada]
Helping the Indian [Walker Lake Reservation, Nevada] (5 pages)
Historical Maidu of the Feather River
Historical Maidu of the Feather River (6 pages)
History and Proposed Settlement Claims of California Indians (1944)
History and Proposed Settlement Claims of California Indians (1944) (35 pages)
History of Placer County (Excerpt from)(1882)
History of Placer County (Excerpt from)(1882) (6 pages)
Hutchings\' Illustrated California Magazine (Volume 3)(April 1859)
Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine (Volume 3)(April 1859) (7 pages)
Illustrated London News January 29, 1853 (January 29, 1853)
Illustrated London News January 29, 1853 (January 29, 1853) (10 pages)
In Her Own Words [Villiana Calac Hyde Archive]
In Her Own Words [Villiana Calac Hyde Archive] (2 pages)
Indian Boy Hanged for Stealing Gold (1966)
Indian Boy Hanged for Stealing Gold (1966) (6 pages)
Indian Rancherie on Dry Creek [Miwok]
Indian Rancherie on Dry Creek [Miwok] (12 pages)
Indian Rights and Wrongs - Remarks (1909-1910)
Indian Rights and Wrongs - Remarks (1909-1910) (7 pages)
Indian Tribes of California - Indian Affairs Subcommittee Hearings (1920)
Indian Tribes of California - Indian Affairs Subcommittee Hearings (1920) (8 pages)
Indian-White Relationships in Northern California (1979)
Indian-White Relationships in Northern California (1979) (17 pages)
Indians and Indian Agents (and Notes)(1997)
Indians and Indian Agents (and Notes)(1997) (11 pages)
Indians of California by Edward Chever
Indians of California by Edward Chever (12 pages)
Indians of Nevada City - Letter from W.P.Crenshaw to F.J. Henley (1854)
Indians of Nevada City - Letter from W.P.Crenshaw to F.J. Henley (1854) (10 pages)
Inter Pocala & History of California (Various Pages)
Inter Pocala & History of California (Various Pages) (33 pages)
Interview with Grayson Coney - Wema Notes (April 2015)
Interview with Grayson Coney - Wema Notes (April 2015) (4 pages)
Ishi\'s Tale of Lizard
Ishi's Tale of Lizard (23 pages)
It-Spo-Iotisti - Truth (The Californians 1992)
It-Spo-Iotisti - Truth (The Californians 1992) (6 pages)
Jarboe\'s War [Round Valley]
Jarboe's War [Round Valley] (7 pages)
John Harrington Nisenan Notes
John Harrington Nisenan Notes (15 pages)
John Work of the Hudson\'s Bay Company - Leader of the California Brigade of 1832-33 (June 1943)
John Work of the Hudson's Bay Company - Leader of the California Brigade of 1832-33 (June 1943) (16 pages)
Jones\' Pantoscope of California - Part 1
Jones' Pantoscope of California - Part 1 (33 pages)
Jones\' Pantoscope of California - Part 3 (1927)
Jones' Pantoscope of California - Part 3 (1927) (28 pages)
Jose Panto, Captian of the Indian Pueblo of San Pascual
Jose Panto, Captian of the Indian Pueblo of San Pascual (15 pages)
Laws of the State of California (pp97-265)
Laws of the State of California (pp97-265) (30 pages)
Learn a Little Miwok
Learn a Little Miwok (1 pages)
Lee Craig Correspondence to Franklin Lane - Nevada City Rancheria (1913)
Lee Craig Correspondence to Franklin Lane - Nevada City Rancheria (1913) (3 pages)
Letter from Yuba, Empire Ranch (1855)
Letter from Yuba, Empire Ranch (1855) (4 pages)
Letter to President Taylor 1851 (Office of Indian Affairs)(1851)
Letter to President Taylor 1851 (Office of Indian Affairs)(1851) (5 pages)
Listing the Indians of California (California Indian Census)(1928)
Listing the Indians of California (California Indian Census)(1928) (490 pages)
Maidu Ethnobotany (1961)
Maidu Ethnobotany (1961) (127 pages)
Maidu Indians of California by Henry Azbill (1971)
Maidu Indians of California by Henry Azbill (1971) (1 pages)
Making Indian Land in the Allotment Era (2010)
Making Indian Land in the Allotment Era (2010) (23 pages)
Malfeasance or Indirection [California Indian Superintendency]
Malfeasance or Indirection [California Indian Superintendency] (12 pages)
Man Behind Cuyama Valley Indian Massacre
Man Behind Cuyama Valley Indian Massacre (12 pages)
Memoirs of Theodor Cordua - Pioneer of New Mecklenburg in the Sacramento Valley (December 1933)
Memoirs of Theodor Cordua - Pioneer of New Mecklenburg in the Sacramento Valley (December 1933) (25 pages)
Metaphor and the Anthropocene - Presenting Humans as a Geological Force (June 2015)
Metaphor and the Anthropocene - Presenting Humans as a Geological Force (June 2015) (9 pages)
Mexicans, Anglos, and Indians at Mission San Jose (2014)
Mexicans, Anglos, and Indians at Mission San Jose (2014) (34 pages)
Mirror of Our Conscience - Surviving Photographic Images of California Indians Produced Before 1860
Mirror of Our Conscience - Surviving Photographic Images of California Indians Produced Before 1860 (16 pages)
Mis Misa - The Power Within Akoo-Yet That Protects the World by Darryl Wilson
Mis Misa - The Power Within Akoo-Yet That Protects the World by Darryl Wilson (7 pages)
Miscellaneous Indian Related Newspaper Articles (1852-1917)
Miscellaneous Indian Related Newspaper Articles (1852-1917) (20 pages)
Miscellaneous Nisenan & Miwok Maps
Miscellaneous Nisenan & Miwok Maps (5 pages)
Mohawks - Reflections on a Lost Tribe [Washo]
Mohawks - Reflections on a Lost Tribe [Washo] (3 pages)
Mount Shasta - A Question of Power
Mount Shasta - A Question of Power (4 pages)
Names of Settlements Nevada and Placer Counties (1928)
Names of Settlements Nevada and Placer Counties (1928) (3 pages)
Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition (Volume 5)(1838-1842)
Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition (Volume 5)(1838-1842) (35 pages)
Native American Experience [California]
Native American Experience [California] (5 pages)
Natural Forces and Native World View
Natural Forces and Native World View (4 pages)
Nevada City Rancheria Map (1913)
Nevada City Rancheria Map (1913) (1 pages)
Nevada City Rancheria Parcel Description
Nevada City Rancheria Parcel Description (2 pages)
Nevada County Historical Society Bulletin (Volume 5, No. 2)(1951)
Nevada County Historical Society Bulletin (Volume 5, No. 2)(1951) (2 pages)
Nevada County Historical Society Bulletin (Volume 73, No. 4)(2019)
Nevada County Historical Society Bulletin (Volume 73, No. 4)(2019) (6 pages)
Newspaper Accounts of Indian Women in Southern Nevada Mining Towns, 1870-1900
Newspaper Accounts of Indian Women in Southern Nevada Mining Towns, 1870-1900 (16 pages)
Nisenan Dialects & Districts of Speech Community (2006)
Nisenan Dialects & Districts of Speech Community (2006) (8 pages)
Notes & Summary of Indian Wars
Notes & Summary of Indian Wars (5 pages)
Notes of Nevada County Indians from the 1928 Census
Notes of Nevada County Indians from the 1928 Census (5 pages)
Notes on Traditional Foothill Nisenan Food Technology
Notes on Traditional Foothill Nisenan Food Technology (7 pages)
On Arborglyphs and Arborgraphs
On Arborglyphs and Arborgraphs (3 pages)
On the Ethnolinguistic Identity of the Napa Tribe [Chief Constancio Occaye\'s Narratives]
On the Ethnolinguistic Identity of the Napa Tribe [Chief Constancio Occaye's Narratives] (21 pages)
On The Evidences Of The Occupation Of Certain Regions By The Miwok Indians
On The Evidences Of The Occupation Of Certain Regions By The Miwok Indians (12 pages)
On the Eviences of Occupation of Certain Regions by the Miwok Indians
On the Eviences of Occupation of Certain Regions by the Miwok Indians (12 pages)
Papers of John P. Harrington
Papers of John P. Harrington (12 pages)
Past, Present and Future Issues in Great Basin Archaeology (2009)
Past, Present and Future Issues in Great Basin Archaeology (2009) (328 pages)
Patterns of Indian Burning in California
Patterns of Indian Burning in California (75 pages)
Peter Decker Diaries p255
Peter Decker Diaries p255 (1 pages)
Peter Lassen - Danish Pioneer of California
Peter Lassen - Danish Pioneer of California (13 pages)
Petition for Writ of Certiorari - Nisenan Tribe vs. S.M.R. Jewell (2016)
Petition for Writ of Certiorari - Nisenan Tribe vs. S.M.R. Jewell (2016) (16 pages)
Petition to Congress on Behalf of the Yosemite Indians (1978)
Petition to Congress on Behalf of the Yosemite Indians (1978) (6 pages)
Plumas Memories - The Maidu (October 1969)
Plumas Memories - The Maidu (October 1969) (30 pages)
Population and Indian Leaders Estimates
Population and Indian Leaders Estimates (8 pages)
Population of California Indians 1769-1970
Population of California Indians 1769-1970 (9 pages)
Racial Fusion Among the California and Nevada Indians
Racial Fusion Among the California and Nevada Indians (8 pages)
Recognizing Indian Folk History as Real History [Fort Ross]
Recognizing Indian Folk History as Real History [Fort Ross] (6 pages)
Reconsidering the Legacies of Colonialism in Native North America (January 2013)
Reconsidering the Legacies of Colonialism in Native North America (January 2013) (19 pages)
Reflection and Revelation - Knowing Land, Places and Ourselves by Vine Deloria
Reflection and Revelation - Knowing Land, Places and Ourselves by Vine Deloria (7 pages)
Regional Interactions between California and the Southwest
Regional Interactions between California and the Southwest (12 pages)
Reminiscences of a Forty-Niner (March 1934)
Reminiscences of a Forty-Niner (March 1934) (34 pages)
Reminiscences of Illinoistown
Reminiscences of Illinoistown (7 pages)
Research in Primary Sources on California Indian Wars (1850s)
Research in Primary Sources on California Indian Wars (1850s) (25 pages)
Researching the World’s Beads - An Annotated Bibliography (July 2020)
Researching the World’s Beads - An Annotated Bibliography (July 2020) (132 pages)
Residents of Nevada City Rancheria Appendix
Residents of Nevada City Rancheria Appendix (1 pages)
San Diego\'s Judges of the Plains
San Diego's Judges of the Plains (9 pages)
Shadow of the Whale (2023)
Shadow of the Whale (2023) (26 pages)
Shell Money - Kroeber Handbook 1925
Shell Money - Kroeber Handbook 1925 (5 pages)
Some Explanations for the Rise of Cultural Complexity
Some Explanations for the Rise of Cultural Complexity (15 pages)
Southern Maidu (Nisenan) Field Notes (1928)
Southern Maidu (Nisenan) Field Notes (1928) (26 pages)
Special Session of the US Senate (Doc 4) Notes
Special Session of the US Senate (Doc 4) Notes (49 pages)
The California Indians (1874)
The California Indians (1874) (11 pages)
The Digger Indian Stereotype in California
The Digger Indian Stereotype in California (11 pages)
The Federal Indian Policy in California, 1846-1860 (June 1922)
The Federal Indian Policy in California, 1846-1860 (June 1922) (32 pages)
The Indian People of Ahwanee by Yosemite Natural History Association ()
The Indian People of Ahwanee by Yosemite Natural History Association () (7 pages)
The Indian Question [California]
The Indian Question [California] (17 pages)
The Island Chumash, Behavioral Ecology of a Maritime Society
The Island Chumash, Behavioral Ecology of a Maritime Society (6 pages)
The Language of Stereotype, Distortion, Inaccuracy
The Language of Stereotype, Distortion, Inaccuracy (6 pages)
The Lightning Whelk - An Enduring Icon of Southeastern North American Spirituality (2016)
The Lightning Whelk - An Enduring Icon of Southeastern North American Spirituality (2016) (26 pages)
The Lucky Frenchman of the Yuba
The Lucky Frenchman of the Yuba (3 pages)
The Maidu Indians of Nevada County (1975)
The Maidu Indians of Nevada County (1975) (15 pages)
The Maidu Indians of Plumas (1962)
The Maidu Indians of Plumas (1962) (22 pages)
The Mormans and the Indians by Beverly Smaby
The Mormans and the Indians by Beverly Smaby (7 pages)
The Native American [California]
The Native American [California] (6 pages)
The Nature of the Land-Holding Group
The Nature of the Land-Holding Group (7 pages)
The Nisenan Photographs of Alexander W. Chase (2016)
The Nisenan Photographs of Alexander W. Chase (2016) (15 pages)
The Powhatans and other Woodland Indians as Travelers
The Powhatans and other Woodland Indians as Travelers (17 pages)
The Role of Water in The Emergence of the Pre-Columbian Native American City Cahokia
The Role of Water in The Emergence of the Pre-Columbian Native American City Cahokia (15 pages)
The Shared Memories of Pioneers by Clyde A. Milner
The Shared Memories of Pioneers by Clyde A. Milner (5 pages)
The Study of Indigenous Political Economies and Colonialism in Native California (2013)
The Study of Indigenous Political Economies and Colonialism in Native California (2013) (16 pages)
The Valley Nisenan
The Valley Nisenan (20 pages)
The Yokayo Rancheria [Pomo]
The Yokayo Rancheria [Pomo] (4 pages)
This War is For a Whole Life [Culture of Resistance]
This War is For a Whole Life [Culture of Resistance] (4 pages)
Topographical Reports of Lt. George H. Derby (Volume 11)(1932)
Topographical Reports of Lt. George H. Derby (Volume 11)(1932) (5 pages)
Trade and Trails in Aboriginal California (September 1950)
Trade and Trails in Aboriginal California (September 1950) (32 pages)
Trade Routes and Economic Exchange Among the Indians of California (March 1961)
Trade Routes and Economic Exchange Among the Indians of California (March 1961) (76 pages)
Trade Routes and Economic Exchange Among the Indians of California
Trade Routes and Economic Exchange Among the Indians of California (46 pages)
Trail of the Missing Basket [Washoe]
Trail of the Missing Basket [Washoe] (4 pages)
Treaty of Camp Union Notes from Senate Doc 4 1853 (from May 2021)
Treaty of Camp Union Notes from Senate Doc 4 1853 (from May 2021) (5 pages)
UC Bancroft Research Notes (11-17-2017)
UC Bancroft Research Notes (11-17-2017) (5 pages)
Various California Indian or Nisenan Newspaper Clippings
Various California Indian or Nisenan Newspaper Clippings (7 pages)
Visit to Hock Farm, California (1849-50)
Visit to Hock Farm, California (1849-50) (6 pages)
War Department & Topographical Engineer Reports (Note in 2017)
War Department & Topographical Engineer Reports (Note in 2017) (48 pages)
Wau-Kee-Taw - Chief Of The Yubus (1963)
Wau-Kee-Taw - Chief Of The Yubus (1963) (16 pages)
Wau-Kee-Taw Chief of the Yubus
Wau-Kee-Taw Chief of the Yubus (10 pages)
What I Saw in California (1849)
What I Saw in California (1849) (459 pages)
Yokuts Trade Networks and Native Culture Change
Yokuts Trade Networks and Native Culture Change (23 pages)