The American Indians - The Indians of California (History Ebook).pdf

pdf / English / 1994 Time-Life / 192 pages / 33.4 MB

Along the Pacific Coast a rich tapestry of Native American cultures lived in harmony off the bounty of the land. This book tells the story of these extraordinary peoples whose adaptation to their environment made them a seamless part of nature.

In the sixteenth century, an estimated 300,000 Indians flourished west of the Rockies. The earliest inhabitants had developed six basic language groups. By the modern era there were over 90 distinct languages, each subdivided into several dialects.