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It is estimated that the total number of Indians in California when the Spanish first encountered them was 150,000 to 200,000. California was one of the most densely populated Indian areas in the entire North American continent north of Mexico, with perhaps four times the human density per square mile of any other aboriginal population in what is now the United States. They spoke 135 dialects of twenty basic linguistic families. Native California has always had a startling variety of people. Before the coming of Europeans over 500 politically independent tribal entities inhabited the state, speaking about 100 distinct and mutually unintelligible languages. A Bibliography of books about Native Californians A list of the major divisions into which California Indians have been grouped. For more information check my Native California links. Links Page | ||
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