March 31, 2015
by Staff
Originally published on August 15, 2008
What do you think of when someone says “California”? Beaches? Sunshine? Hollywood?
How about the largest act of genocide in American history?
“The idea, strange as it may appear, never occurred to them (the Indians) that they were suffering for the great cause of civilization, which, in the natural course of things, must exterminate Indians.”
– Special Agent J. Ross Browne, Indian Affairs
California was one of the last areas of the New World to be colonized.
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July 6, 2020
by Source
Originally published on August 15, 2008
by gjohnsit / DailyKos / August 14, 2008
What do you think of when someone says “California”? Beaches? Sunshine? Hollywood?
How about the largest act of genocide in American history?
“The idea, strange as it may appear, never occurred to them (the Indians) that they were suffering for the great cause of civilization, which, in the natural course of things, must exterminate Indians.”
– Special Agent J. Ross Browne, Indian Affairs
California was one of the last areas of the New World to be colonized. It wasn’t until 1769 that the first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, was built.
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