Native Californian

Native Californian

English

Noun

Native Californian (plural Native Californians)

1. An indigenous person of California; a member of one of the indigenous tribes historically associated with California.
   • 1894, Cephas Little Bard, "A Contribution to the history of medicine in Southern California," (speech delivered August 8, 1894):

     Our soil and climate are peculiarly adapted to the culture of what has contributed so much to the comfort and welfare of the Native Californian.

   • 2005, Paul Campbell, Survival Skills of Native California, publ. Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, pg. 47:

     The effete finger-twisting techniques of modern survival books and classes are tedious and slow and assume that we are all too citified to learn what every Native Californian knew well: the hand rolling of cordage on the thigh.

Adjective

Native Californian (comparative more Native Californian, superlative most Native Californian)

1. Of or relating to the Native Californians.
   • 1931, Lawrence E. Metcalf, Values Education, National Council for the Social Studies, pg. 215:

     I have devoted so much space to emphasizing religious and social behavior because Native Californian civilization must be viewed as a 15000-year effort to perfect the inter-human and human-creation relationships.

   • 2006, Kent G. Lightfoot, Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers, University of California Press, →ISBN, pg. 137:

     It is not clear whether Native Californian women who established joint residences with Native Alaskan, Creole, or Russian men were drafted into mandatory service for the Company.

See also

• Aboriginal American
• Native American