Yellow Group:

Yellow Group

During the first 100 years of contact with Europeans and Americans, the Native Californian population decreased by 90%. A large percentage of the population died from disease. Your team will be investigating how disease affected the Native Californians. Your team will be visiting these 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

Appeal-Democrat: Gold claims Indian Cultures

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

Library of Congress: California As I Saw It–The Missions http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbmissio.html

Hint: Read the last paragraph.

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

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

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