And the Elders and Scholars Wept: A Retrospective on the Symposium: Killing California Indians: Genocide in the Gold Rush Era, Held at the University of California - Riverside, 7 November 2014, Organized by the California Center for Native Nations

Abstract

This retrospective looks-back on and provides a summation of “Killing California Indians: Genocide in the Gold Rush Era,” a symposium organized and executed by the California Center for Native Nations and the University of California, Riverside. It provides a synopsis of each of the papers presented as well as the presentations of the Native Community Panel, all of which all dealt with the nineteenth century genocide. Highlights of audience discussion as well as a description of cleansings and blessings offered by local spiritual leaders and the Native flute tributes that opened and closed the event are included, as well.