Koyate, Wolasi, Newchowwe, Wacksache, Palwisha, Pokenwell, and Yawilchine land taken in 1851 (ceded by the state of California)

Title

Koyate, Wolasi, Newchowwe, Wacksache, Palwisha, Pokenwell, and Yawilchine land taken in 1851 (ceded by the state of California)

Creator

Compiled by Charles C. Royce; Directed by J.W. Powell; Bureau of American Ethnology

Subject

Land taken from Native Americans in the United States, 1846-1851

Description

A dated list, plus maps, of areas detailed as "cessions"—Native American Land taken by the United States government across the United States between 1846-1851; names the tribes residing on the land previously and the State to which the land was ceded, with other short notes and cartography; on May 30, 1851, land of the Koyate, Wolasi, Newchowwe, Wacksache, Palwisha, Pokenwell, and Yawilchine was ceded (cession #279) to the State of California

Publisher

Washington Government Printing Office

Contributor

Cyrus Thomas

Date

1899

Type

Image

Format

Image

Identifier

IndianLandSessionsSantaClara1851.jpg

Source

Statistical Department Boston Public Library; Invasion of America map http://usg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=eb6ca76e008543a89349ff2517db47e6

Language

English

Relation

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Coverage

Central Valley, California

Rights

NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT

Files

IndianLandSessionsSantaClara1851no2.png

Citation

Compiled by Charles C. Royce; Directed by J.W. Powell; Bureau of American Ethnology, “Koyate, Wolasi, Newchowwe, Wacksache, Palwisha, Pokenwell, and Yawilchine land taken in 1851 (ceded by the state of California),” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed November 8, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/2150.

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