California Native American Survival and Resilience During the Mission Period

This inquiry lesson provides primary and secondary sources, maps, images, background history, and objects from our collection to offer teachers and students insight into California Native American resilience during the Spanish mission period. Students will analyze sources to answer the question, Native Americans of California during the mission period: How did Native people resist and persist in the face of extreme adversity? Scroll to begin exploring California Native American resistance and persistence during Spanish colonization.