and historian James Rawls tell us about what happened to Native Americans in the period of the Gold Rush. The native tribes of California lived by hunting and gathering the abundant resources of ...

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.

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 ...

The education team at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian hopes to change that with its recently published online lesson, “The Impact of the Gold Rush on Native Americans ...

The discovery‚ facilitated by Native American guides who knew about the ... A relative few who partook in the Gold Rush got wealthy—mostly earlier prospectors. But the development that sprung ...

It is said to have led to the enslavement of more than 25,000 Native Americans in California. Many Black Americans garnered wealth during the gold rush by opening up shops and mining for gold.

Here are our fresh suggestions for a wildflower and history-focused road trip, taking in likely wildflower destinations with a side helping of Native American history and Gold Rush legacy.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from ...