Native Californian

English Noun An indigenous person of California; a member of one of the indigenous tribes historically associated with California. 1894, Cephas Little Bard, "A Contribution to the history of medicine in Southern California," (speech delivered August 8, 1894): Our soil and climate are peculiarly adapted to the culture of what has contributed so much to the comfort and welfare of the Native Californian. en 2005 Paul Campbell Survival Skills of Native California publ. Gibbs Smith 0879059214 http://books.google.com/books?id=qSRLW5ziVFAC&pg=PA47&dq=%22Native+Californian%22&sig=YUOOozuERY112e4Czsgutr7ZGVY 47 The effete finger-twisting techniques of modern survival books and classes are tedious and slow and assume that we are all too citified to learn what every Native Californian knew well: the hand rolling of cordage on the thigh. Adjective Of or relating to the Native Californians. 1931, Lawrence E. Metcalf, Values Education, National Council for the Social Studies, pg. 215: I have devoted so much space to emphasizing religious and social behavior because Native Californian civilization must be viewed as a 15000-year effort to perfect the inter-human and human-creation relationships. en 2006 Kent G. Lightfoot Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers University of California Press 0520249984 http://books.google.com/books?id=R1VkQror2nwC&pg=PA137&dq=%22native+californian%22&sig=nfKvWcj2OQTiUXN0bIt5SGWw5ik 137 It is not clear whether Native Californian women who established joint residences with Native Alaskan, Creole, or Russian men were drafted into mandatory service for the Company. See also en Aboriginal American en Native American