in 1850, the state of California funded
a $1 million campaign to hunt down
and kill the state’s indigenous people.

the history of California is one of land seized and seized again

John Bidwell had what might be described as a complicated relationship with the Native Californians, seizing land from the Konkow and exploiting Indians for labor, but also protecting them from murderous bands of European and American settlers.

for this he is known as an upright citizen, philanthropist, and town founder

the fruit grows heavy on the tree and the boughs droop toward the ground

during harvest season, she will work long hours at her family’s prune farm