The native tribes of California lived by hunting and ... The area which my people, the Nisenan Maidu, came from ...[was] not so much a territorial boundary but an area for which we would fish ...

Another photograph taken by I.W. Baker, this image shows a member of the Maidu Indian tribe, and represents the American Indian world that existed in California before the discovery of gold.

The larger Sacramento area and its rivers serve as a gathering place for many local tribes from the surrounding valley and foothills including the Southern Maidu, Patwin, and Wintun. We recognize ...