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Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians (2002) (51 pages)
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Contents.
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THE FIRST CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION, SUFFRAGE AND THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS.... 3
1850: AN ACT FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND PROTECTION OF INDIANS .........cccccccsssseeceee 5
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VAGRANCY AND PUNISHMENT UNDER “AN ACT FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND PROTECTION OF INDIANS” .8
AMENDMENTS TO “AN ACT FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND PROTECTION OF INDIANS” ooo... cceeesscscccscececsececes 8
HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS ABOUT INDENTURES, KIDNAPPING AND SELLING OF INDIANS... .cccccccsececeseseseseen. 9
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Accounts of Kidnapping and Selling Of Indians...........c0cscsessssssssssssesesvssvesesssisitsisiiieeeeeeeeeeeeec 10
EARLY CALIFORNIA APPRENTICESHIP AND VAGRANCY LAWS ....ccscscsssesesecesccssecesososeees 13
1858 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR BINDING MINORS AS APPRENTICES, CLERKS AND SERVANTS ......ccscsees 13
1855 — AN ACT TO PUNISH VAGRANTS, VAGABONDS, AND DANGEROUS AND SUSPICIOUS PERSONS... 14
1850 1859: CALIFORNIA MILITIA AND “EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THE INDIANS” ....... 15
THE GOVERNORS AND THE MILITIA sssssscessssunsnsneststnensnsesnsnbnseetntortrtntatntininsenseeseccecceccce. 15
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND THE AN essncree erect es an Ea eceececerceneeeche 17
1860: THE LEGISLATURE’S MAJORITY AND MINORITY REPORTS ON THE MENDOCINO WAR vsssascstess. 20
The Majority Report of the Joint Special Committee........ccccessscssecccssssssssssssssssssssssivsssesesteeeeeecc. 20
The Minority Report of the Special Joint Committee .........sscccsssssssssssssssssssssissssssvsvvsssvssssssessessec 22
The Mendocino War Reports and the 1860 Amendment to “An Act for the Government and
AEE HOTLINE ws Be dene ences UPd oars Scbnsonenhonlcaerens tock 22
1851-1852: CALIFORNIA’S RESPONSE TO FEDERAL TREATIES NEGOTIATED WITH THE
INDIANS sosssecccscssssscccnsssssennnscesessnsssesssnnecetsnsssseesnesssnsanssetssasssststsstssonteneneeccesosesescsc,, 23
EARLY AND CURRENT FISH PROTECTION LAWS AND CALIFORNIA INDIANS .........cccce0e 25
APPENDIX 1 — ORIGINAL BILL MATERIAL PERTAINING TO CALIFORNIA STATUTES,
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APPENDIX 2 ORIGINAL BILL MATERIAL PERTAINING TO CALIFORNIA STATUTES
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APPENDIX 3 COURT OF SESSIONS sessesssssscsssssssessssssssssssceceessssesssessssssuttusesseseseseeessccccccc 41
APPENDIX 4 — 1861 INDIAN ARTICLE OF INDENTURE seseeseseesssssssssssssseseeeeeeeoeseeccccccccccccc 43