The California State Indian Museum (no photography allowed indoors)

The California State Indian Museum is a natural history museum in Sacramento, California that is operated under the California state parks system. Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now often viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines of integrative organismal biology. ... Nickname: River City Location of Sacramento in California County Sacramento Government  - Mayor Heather Fargo Area  - City  99. ... Official language(s) English Capital  Sacramento Largest city  Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ...

Location and displays

The California State Indian Museum entrance sign

The museum is co-located on the grounds of the Sutter's Fort Historic Park and displays exhibits and artifacts illustrating the culture of the state’s earliest Native American inhabitants. There is a display about Ishi, the last of the Yahi Indians. Ishi managed to remain hidden from western civilization until 1911 when he was discovered in Northern California. The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... 19th century illustration of Sutters Fort Started in 1839, Sutters Fort, which was originally called New Helvetia[1] (New Switzerland) by its builder, John Sutter, was a 19th century agricultural and trading colony in California. ... Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ... Ishi (right), last known member of the Yahi tribe, with anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber (1911). ... The Yahi were a group of Native Americans who lived in Northern California in the Northern Sierra Nevada, on the western side of the range. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. ...

Improvements

A state grant of $200,000 USD helped to renovate the museum in 1986 by a volunteer group composed of mostly Native American Indians. The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sources

• Task force appointed for creation of California Indian museum and cultural center as retrieved January 19, 2007.
• Indian artifacts on display at revitalized Sacramento museum - California State Indian Museum exhibition from Sunset Magazine1986.
• Museum Info

January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• • WikiSatellite view at WikiMapia
  • VirtualGlobetrotting maps at VirtualGlobetrotting
  • Close-up color aerial from TerraServer-USA or Google Local
• Official government site