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  • Collection: Mission Santa Clara Fall 2022

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Portrait heads of Indians of California by Louis Choris

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Ohlone Indians in a Tule Boat in the San Francisco Bay 1822, by Louis Choris

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How distinct language boundaries discovered by late 20th century linguists (left) have come to define the modern categorizations of smaller tribes (right) that historically have been collectively called the Ohlone People.

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An image of a classical Thamien hut characteristic of the time when they were still residing in the land where Santa Clara University still stands.

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In California’s past thousands of Native People in hundreds of different groups lived here — and their descendants still live here. The landscapes were different. Tule elk and pronghorn antelope, for instance, grazed in huge herds on native…

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The Santa Clara Mission in 1872, documented by Edward Vischer

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Mission Santa Clara was the eighth one built in California. It was founded on January 12, 1777, by Father Thomas de la Pena.

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Photo by painter and photographer Mrs. Alice Iola Hare (1857-1926). According to Father Arthur Spearman this Indian "choza" or hut was part of Mission Santa Clara's third site (1784-1818). The Indian home was built of "adobe, ladrillo (brick)…

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Two Ohlone men hunting. Painted by Louis Choris.
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