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A Rush of Gold Seekers By 1849, the non-native population of California had grown to almost 100,000 people. Nearly two-thirds were Americans. Upon arrival in California, immigrants learned mining ...
Government propaganda spread lies about Native Americans, said Jayden Lim, a Trial youth ambassador. "The post-gold rush era was the most dangerous time in our history to be a California Indian.
“The Impact of the Gold Rush on Native Americans of California.” Designed for grades 8-12, the lesson plan is part of the ...
"Classroom instruction about the Mission and Gold Rush periods fails to include the loss of life, enslavement, starvation, illness and violence inflicted upon California Native American people ...
This sparked the Gold Rush, a mass movement of fortune seekers ... and genocide against Native Americans and other non-white populations in what is now California. As California's economy grew, gold ...
A Rush of Gold Seekers By 1849, the non-native population of California had grown to almost 100,000 people. Nearly two-thirds were Americans. Upon arrival in California, immigrants learned mining ...