Red Group:

Red Group

The miners are sometimes guilty of the most brutal acts with the Indians, such as killing the squaws and papooses. Such incidents have fallen under my notice that would make humanity weep and men disown their own race. - anon.

The Native Californians were treated terribly before, during, and after the Gold Rush. Your team will be investigating the abuses Native Californians suffered during this time period. Your team will visit the following websites:

Oakland Museum of California: Gold Fever! California on the Eve–California Indians

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/fever04-ci.html

Oakland Museum of California: Silver & Gold. Native Californian

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/silver-native.html

Oakland Museum of California: Gold Fever! Prospecting-Indian Gold Washing

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/fever13-mi.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

Library of Congress: California As I Saw It–Other Californians

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbother.html

Letter from Thomas Henley to Chas E. Mix, Esquire: This page is from Myth and Reality: The California Gold Rush and Its Legacy-Grade11. Thomas Henley’s letter contains information about how Native Californians were abused by white settlers.

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 to take a tour of California history.

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