Standard 4.2 Native American, Mission, and Rancho Eras

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California Native Peoples - paperback
California Native Peoples - paperback

by Mir Tamim Ansary & Stephen Feinstein. A more detailed look at the culture of California's natives...

$10.00
California Tribes, 28 books, paperback
California Tribes, 28 books, paperback

by Mary Null Boule. The first half of each title in this series is general information about California tribes. The second half is detailed information about specific tribes.

$240.00
Native Ways  California Indian Stories and Memories
Native Ways California Indian Stories and Memories

by Malcolm Margolin & Yolanda Montijo. A really good book on California Indians written for children...

$10.95
Pasquala
Pasquala

by Gail Faber and Michelle Lasagna. Pasquala's family belongs to the Yokut tribe and live in the Central Valley...

$9.95
Now and Forever DVD
Now and Forever DVD

If you can only buy one video on California Indians, buy this one...

$29.95
PowerKids Missions of California Series - 21 book library bound set
PowerKids Missions of California Series - 21 book library bound set

This series with large, colorful illustrations answers every library's need for a single book on each mission...

Regular price: $628.95
Sale price: $499.95
A Personal Tour of La Purisma
A Personal Tour of La Purisma

by Robert Young. An excellent example of the few good mission books...

$22.95
Missions and Presidios
Missions and Presidios

by Raymond Bial. The value of this little book is that it places missions in the context of United States history....

$6.95
California Kids ENGLISH/SPANISH
California Kids ENGLISH/SPANISH

Jim Silverman, editor. A primary resource recounting some of the memories of a California Indian girl, a rancho boy, and a gold rush girl...

$5.95
Two Years Before the Mast, abridged
Two Years Before the Mast, abridged

by Richard Henry Dana. Abridged for children, this primary resource is the memoir of a young man who spent two years on a Yankee ship trading with the ranchos of California...

$13.95