Today, on California Native American Day, tribes celebrate in communities across California and gather at the state Capitol to honor their diversity and unity. But this day is about more than ...

A few months ago, while visiting the rooftop bar at a Residence Inn in Berkeley, I picked up the city’s glossy “official visitors’ guide” and searched it for the historical nuggets that these kinds of ...

Shasta County Superior Court in Redding and other California courts will close on Friday, Sept. 26 in observance of the California Native American Day state holiday. A sign taped to the door of the ...

The newest California museum to focus on indigenous history and culture, the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum opened last year in ...

It took decades, stacks of legal paperwork and countless phone calls, but, in the spring of 2025, a California Chuckchansi Native American woman and her daughter walked onto a 5-acre parcel of land, ...

So with America’s 250th birthday come mixed emotions rooted in pain, pride and even patriotism. Museum displays of elaborate ...

Each fall, when the oak trees turn color in the foothills above Highland, I think about my grandparents, my parents James and Rowena Ramos, and the generations who lived and prayed on this land long ...