Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians


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Created by the California Research Bureau at the request of Senator John L. Burton, this Web-site is a PDF document on early California laws and policies related to the Indians of the state and focuses on the years 1850-1861. Visitors are invited to explore such topics as loss of lands and cultures, the governors and the militia, reports on the Mendocino War, absence of legal rights, and vagrancy and punishment.
















Justice of the Peace


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Law Reports


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The Public General Statutes


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.







Journals of the House of Lords


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Appendices accompany vols. 64, 67-71.