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H-Ethnic: For more general and detailed information about ethnic studies not directly related to California, please visit this other H-Net site.
BC News: "A membership news service developed by Barron Communications. Serving the Asian, Hispanic, and African American communities of California." Links to such categories as "Immigration News" and "Ethnic News."
CEMA: California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, "a collection of primary research materials that documents the cultural and political experiences of the African American, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Chicano/Latino, and Native American ethnic groups in California." The site includes a number of finding aids and catalogs in individual collections.
@LA's Minority Resources: An extensive collection of informational / resource links organized by various categories of ethnicity, race, gender, and age. Part of the @LA website.
NEW ADDRESS New California Media: A network of journalists representing more than 60 ethnic print, electronic, and television outlets.
UCLA Program in American Studies and Ethnicity: While addressing the general issue of ethnicity in America, the various subprograms concentrate on California itself.

California Indian Basketweavers Association: The purpose of the California Indian Basketweavers Association is to preserve, promote, and perpetuate California Indian basketweaving traditions. This site contains links to the organization and its programs.
California Indian Conference: Information on the most recent conference.
California Indian Library Collections: Contains extensive links to bibliographies on California Indians by tribe, listings of libraries with California Indian collections, and net accessible maps of tribal distributions in California. Part of the Museum Informatics Project at UC Berkeley.
NEW ADDRESS California Indian Storytelling Association: Links to information about this "organization dedicated to the preservation, perpetuation, enlivening and promotion of California Indian story and storytelling, both traditional and contemporary, including all diverse Native California tribes."
California Tribes: Detailed maps of current and pre-contact tribal distributions, listing of tribes, and extensive links to related information.
California's Lost Tribes: The first in a series of articles (all of which are linked here) from the Sacramento Bee on Native Californians today.
California's Native Peoples: A partial listing and brief description of California tribes. Part of the CERES site on the California environment.
California Studies Program - Native American Resources in California: Links maintained by the program at San Francisco State University.
NEW ADDRESS Costanoan Ohlone Indian Canyon Resource: "A Resource of Information about Costanoan (Ohlone) and other Indigenous Californians: History, Current Events, Contacts, Native American experience." Of particular interest are links they have to the texts of various treaties, as well as links (among others) to their museum, virtual lodge, and an article on the sacred use of tobacco.
Coyote Press: Press Specializing in Archaeology, History, Prehistory, Ethnography, Linguistics, and Native American Studies of California and Western North America. Site contains, among others, links to a publisher and series index, a keyword search, and used and collectible books listings.
Fort Ross Global Village Project: With the establishment of Settlement Ross (Fort Ross) in 1812, a multiethnic community appeared on California's North Coast in which ethnic Russians, Native Alaskans, and Native Californians lived and worked together. The Fort Ross Global Village project will join schoolchildren from California, Russia, and Alaska together on the Internet to study and participate in archaeological studies at Fort Ross. Site contains links to such materials as a project summary. kids page, and resource material.
Journal of California Anthropology: A Coyote Press listing of current and back issues of the Journal along with ordering information. Linked to similar information for the Journal of California and Great Basin Archaeology.
NEW ADDRESS @LA's Native American/American Indian resources in Southern California.
Native People of California: A site on the ACE network, a collection of links and sites for the use of elementary school teachers and students. Site contains listings of California tribes, a discussion of California indian cultures, and information on the Ohlone indians.
News from Native California: The homage for California's only quarterly magazine devoted entirely to the State's Native people.
Northern California Indian Development Council: Homage for one of the largest American Indian Human Service Agencies in the State of California, founded to research, develop and administer programs designed to meet the specific social and economic needs of the American Indian people. Contains links to the organization and its projects.
Ohlone/Castanoan Esselen Nation: Brief history and contact information for this 350 member organization.
The UCLA American Indian Studies Center page has information on the center's library, publications, community events, and reports such as "A Second Century of Dishonor: Federal Iniquities and California Tribes."
Silver and gold - Native Californian: An article on the effects of the gold rush on native Californians. From the Oakland Museum of California's history of the gold rush .
NEW ADDRESS The Southern California Indian Center is dedicated to the promotion of social and economic self-sufficiency for American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian peoples. The site contains links to information on the organization and its various programs.

César E. Chávez Instructional Center in Interdisciplinary Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCLA: The program concentrates on the Chicano/Latino experience in California. Site contains program and course information.
Chicano/Latino Net (CLNET): At UC Berkeley - "An electronic mechanism which brings together Chicano/Latino research as well as linguistic minority and educational research efforts being carried out at the University of California and elsewhere."
La Prensa San Diego: Web version of this Spanish/English newspaper "covering the issues of the Hispanic/Chicano community on a local and national level."
Latino Issues Forum: A nonprofit public policy and advocacy institute dedicated "to advancing new and innovative public policy solutions for a better, more equitable and prosperous society." Site contains information about the organization as well as links to several voter issues and related subjects.
Latino Link: A web site whose stated goal is "to provide news, analysis, commentary and an interactive forum where people can explore the joys and challenges faced by those who call the United States home yet trace their roots to the Spanish-speaking Americas." Contains several articles related to La raza experience in California.
NEW ADDRESS @LA's Latino/Chicano/Hispanic Resources in Southern California.
Mexican-African-California Multicultural project: Brief description of this "multicultural community project. . . initiated in 1994 in conjunction with the Compton Local Planning Council, the Compton California Unified School District, and UCLA students and faculty to address the tensions between African American and Mexican American communities."
SFSU La Raza Studies Program: Home page - contains links to further resource materials, program / course descriptions and information about professors.
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center: Information about the center's publications, programs, and library.
Venezuelan Association of California: Information on the organization and its activities.

African American Genealogical Society of Northern California: Nonprofit organization which seeks to preserve and promote the study of records of a genealogical and historical nature relating to African American ancestry. Site contains information about the organization and its activities, as well as a link to their online library.
California African American Museum: Information about the museum and its exhibits and programs.
NEW ADDRESS @LA's African American Resources in Southern California.
Mexican-African-California Multicultural project: Brief description of this "multicultural community project. . . initiated in 1994 in conjunction with the Compton Local Planning Council, the Compton California Unified School District, and UCLA students and faculty to address the tensions between African American and Mexican American communities."
Center for African American Studies at UCLA: The center places particular emphasis on the African American experience in California and the west. Site contains program and course information, a description of the CAAS Library's holdings, and links to other websites about African Americans.

Asian American Newsletter Collection at CSUN: Brief article about this collection of newsletters from the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities of Southern California begun at the The Urban Archives Center and Asian American Studies Department at California State University, Northridge.
Asian Americans for Community Outreach: Home page for this organization ". . . dedicated to creating a forum in the San Francisco Bay Area where Asian American professionals and students can meet and foster the common goal of community service benefiting the Asian American community.
Chinese Historical and Culture Project: The Chinese Historical and Cultural Project (CHCP) is based in Santa Clara County, California. It was founded in 1987 as a nonprofit organization to promote and preserve Chinese American and Chinese history and culture through community outreach activities. Site contains information on the organization and its projects in California.
Cornell University Asian American Studies Program: Contains in formation about the program as well links to the Association for Asian American Studies and related subjects.
Japanese Town Archives: Images of Japanese American life in San Francisco before World War II.
@LA's Asian Cultural Resources in Southern California.
NEW ADDRESS Nikkeiwest: A biweekly community publication for Northern California's Japanese Americans - the Nisei, Sansei, and Yonsei generation.
Asian American Studies Center at UCLA: This site emphasizes the Asian American experience in California and the West. It contains information on programs, courses, and publications offered by the center.