Green Group:

Green Group

White Rabbit devour our grass, our seed, our living. We won't have nothing more, this world. — Wintu Indian Woman recalling her grandfather’s prophecy Bibliography

Harsh mining and agricultural practices destroyed both the homelands of Native Californians, and their way of life. Your team will be investigating how the destruction of the natural environment affected the Native Californians. Your team will visit the following websites.

Oakland Museum of California: Gold Fever! Giant Gold Machines (Make sure you also click on the Hydraulic link to read about hydraulic mining.)

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/fever19.html

Oakland Museum of California: Law, Order, and Justice for Some–Discrimination (Make sure you listen to the audio selection.)

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/fever16-di.html

Appeal-Democrat: Gold claims Indian Cultures

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/archive/1998/goldrush/1115WEBIND.shtml

Mining the Environment: This page is from Myth and Reality: The California Gold Rush and Its Legacy-Grade 4, Volume 2. It contains information about hydraulic mining and how mining affected salmon.

Letter from E. A. Stevenson to Thomas Henley: This page is from Myth and Reality: The California Gold Rush and Its Legacy-Grade11. E. A. Stevenson’s letter contains information about how the destruction of the environment affected Native Californians.

If your team finishes early, you can visit the Oakland Museum of California Gold Rush site and follow the California Indian pathway (the purple pathway). Your team can also visit the Library of Congress Gold Rush site.

Return to Wanted: Information About the Disappearance of the First Californians