An American Genocide
An American Genocide

Author: Benjamin Madley

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages: 709

ISBN-13: 0300182171

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Between 1846 and 1873, California’s Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide. Madley describes pre-contact California and precursors to the genocide before explaining how the Gold Rush stirred vigilante violence against California Indians. He narrates the rise of a state-sanctioned killing machine and the broad societal, judicial, and political support for genocide. Many participated: vigilantes, volunteer state militiamen, U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. congressmen, California governors, and others. The state and federal governments spent at least $1,700,000 on campaigns against California Indians. Besides evaluating government officials’ culpability, Madley considers why the slaughter constituted genocide and how other possible genocides within and beyond the Americas might be investigated using the methods presented in this groundbreaking book.

Native California
Native California

Author: Dolan H. Eargle, Jr.

Publisher: Trees Company Press

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0937401110

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This lavishly illustrated book is the only complete and contemporary introductory guide to all the Native peoples in California. Arranged by geographical area and by language groups, Native California includes reservations, rancherias, federally recognized tribes without lands, unrecognized tribes and peoples with out-of-state origins. History, maps, interviews, overviews, essays, informational appendices. copyright 2008

Hearings
Hearings

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 1848

ISBN-13:

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Tax Policy
Tax Policy

Author:

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1998-04

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 0788148516

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Indian gaming activities and the revenues generated from them have grown substantially since the late 1980's. 184 of the 555 Indian tribes officially recognized by the U.S. were operating a total of 281 gaming facilities as of December 31, 1996. This report provides an updated profile of the Indian gaming industry, information on the amount of transfers to the tribes from their gaming facilities, a comparison of Indian gaming revenues with the revenues generated by other legalized gaming activities, and a summary of the federal tax treatment of Indian tribes and tribe members. Charts and tables.