Toucan Fact Cards Online  

California Indians Fact Cards gives quick facts about the traditional way of life in about 1770 of more than 50 early California groups. For each group the fact card gives information about the location, language, population, settlements, housing, food, clothing and tools.

To use the fact cards, click on the link above, then enter your library card number. Under the California Fact Cards section, click on Indians. Scroll down until you see the name of the tribe you are researching.

A History of American Indians in California 

http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/
5views/5views1.htm

The National Park Service tells the history of Native Americans in California, from earliest contact, through the mission period, to the present day. It does not contain information on individual tribes

Native California Cultures Exhibit of Artifacts

http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/
ncc/ncc_0_intro.html

An online museum exhibit of objects owned by the Phoebe A. Hurst Museum of Anthropology. This is a collection of pictures, with short descriptions.

http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/
cilc/basket.html    

Provides pictures of various types of baskets used by California natives, with descriptions of the baskets and what they are used for.

http://www.washington.edu/
burkemuseum/baskets/use.html

The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture shows pictures of Native American baskets and describes their use. Photographs are primarily of baskets produced by tribes in the state of Washington, but California tribes are also discussed.

http://www4.hmc.edu:
8001/humanities/indian/Basketry/
hmcbasketry.html

Describes baskets used by various tribes, with some information on construction and meaning of the patterns used in decoration.

  Map

http://www.pacwesttraders.com/map1.html  

 Languages

http://www.native-languages.org/vocabulary.htm

Learn some words in the language of your tribe. Search for your tribe in the list.

Legends

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/Legends-AB.html

Read some of the legends of your tribe. Scroll to the bottom to find the right page for your tribe.