Life in a California Mission HISTORY / Native American and into the twenty-first century

and into the twenty-first century

on a more personal level

An endangered animal is a species that will only be able to survive for a short period of time unless action is taken to save it

author of A State of Change—we see that just as Oakland is a human crossroads

Life in a California Mission HISTORY / Native American and into the twenty-first centuryA rare and detailed account of the first California colonial settlements and the lives of Natives Peoples affected by the Spanish missions. On the afternoon of September 14, 1786, two French ships appeared off the coast of Monterey, the first foreign vessels to visit Spain's California colonies. Aboard was a party of eminent scientists, navigators, cartographers, illustrators, and physicians. For the next ten days the commander of this expedition,