Discusses the history of Native Americans who lived in California, their origin, daily life and customs, and their beliefs.

Discusses the cultural practices, religious beliefs, interaction with European settlers, and current lives of some of the native peoples of southern California, including the Ohlone, Yokuts, and Monache people.

Retells the Miwok Indian legend in which a little measuring worm saves two bear cubs stranded at the top of the rock known as El Capitan.

Traces the life of the Spanish explorer and missionary who traveled to Mexico and California to teach the Indians about Christianity and who established nine missions along the California coast.

Two young Maidu Indian brothers sent to live at a government-run Indian residential school in California in the 1930s find a way to escape and return home for the summer.

Describes the beginning of the Spanish mission system in California, its expansion, and the effects of the missions on the native peoples of that area.

Here is a story of several people, each of whom has private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life together after his uncle's death and has come to work at the powwow to honour his uncle's memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil Red Feather, who has taught himself traditional...