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Indians of the Valley

Introduction

They Came First

San Ramon Was Named for a California Indian

Indians of the Valley and Watersheds

California Indian Baskets

Remembering the Valley's First People

Bay Miwok of the San Ramon Valley

Bay Miwok Indians of Contra Costa County

Introduction

First People of the East Bay

Mount Diablo: A Sacred Mountain

Traditional Bay Miwok Environment

The Bay Miwok Language and Land

A CHUPCAN FAMILY:  The Children of Mol-le

The Bay Miwok Resistance

The First Decades of a New Era: The Native Americans of the East Bay After the Gold Rush

Archaeology Past and Present

Contemporary California Indians

Selected Bibliography: Indians of the East Bay and Bay Miwok

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