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Lowell John Bean

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BIOGRAPHY

Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, California State University, Hayward. Author of Temalpah: An Ethnobotany of the Cahuilla Indians of Southern California; Mukat's People: An Ecological Study of the Cahuilla Indians of Southern California; and others.

Primary Contributions (1)

Map of California and surrounding areas showing the traditional homelands of Indigenous peoples, with tribal names such as Miwok, Pomo, Chumash, Yokut, Shastan, Mojave, and others labeled within outlined regions across the state.

Indigenous peoples of California

Indigenous peoples of California, any of the Indigenous peoples who have traditionally resided in the area roughly corresponding to the present states of California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico. The peoples living in the California culture area at the time of first…

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