California Through Native Eyes: Reclaiming History Poetry San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay

Growth Rate Slow Endangered Not Ranked Growth Habit Mounding

from 200' - 500'

(Little San Bernardino Mtns

those used are presented in a glossary

California Through Native Eyes: Reclaiming History Poetry San Francisco BayMost California histories begin with the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the late eighteenth century and conveniently skip to the Gold Rush of 1849. Noticeably absent from these stories are the perspectives and experiences of the people who lived on the land long before European settlers arrived. Historian William Bauer seeks to correct that oversight through an innovative approach that tells California history strictly through Native