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DOCUMENT Citation Only Shauna M. Mundt.

In the last several years the topic of Native American land use and land rights has gained renewed interest in academic, political, and public discourse. This paper explores how late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century Euro-American discourse about the preservation and conservation of nature led to the creation of National Parks at the expense of the indigenous groups who inhabited it. Focusing primarily on California Indians, I examine historical, theoretical, and archaeological data...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Glenn Farris.

Although the Indian converts resident at Mission San Juan Bautista numbered as high as 1248 (in 1823), the available adobe housing for families could only accommodate perhaps a fifth of this number. Archaeological testing on the Indian family housing site for this mission was combined with Spanish sacramental records, annual reports, and other documents to suggest individuals and their families most likely to have been allotted this scarce housing. The aim of this study is to attempt to bring...