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California State Indian Museum

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The California State Indian Museum, also known as State Indian Museum State Historic Park, is a prehistoric history museum in Sacramento that is operated by California State Parks. The museum is dedicated to the history, traditions, and materials of the state's Native American population.

The museum is co-located on the grounds of the Sutter's Fort State Historic Park in downtown Sacramento. The museum exhibits the details of daily life and traditions for the regions Native inhabitants, who numbered at nearly 500,000 and 150 tribal groups prior to the Spanish colonization of California beginning in 1769 with Mission San Diego. Another exhibit within the museum is specifically dedicated to Ishi, the last of the Yahi Tribe. Ishi managed to remain hidden from Western Civilization until 1911 when he was discovered in Northern California.

The museum also includes a hands-on area, where visitors may learn how to use historic tools such as a pump drill used for drilling holes in shell beads.

 

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    California State Indian Museum

    2618 K Street
    Sacramento, CA 95816

    Phone: (916) 324-8112   |   Official Website

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    11/25/11- 11/26/11	Arts & Crafts Holiday Fair California State Indian Museum
    10/15/11	Acorn Day California State Indian Museum
    09/22/11	Native American Day California State Capitol Museum
    06/04/11	Gathering of Honored Elders California State Indian Museum
    05/14/11	Plein Air Day Sutter's Fort State Historic Park
    04/30/11	Native Peoples Lecture & Book Signing with Dr. Alan P. Garfinkel California State Indian Museum
    04/16/11- 04/17/11	Indian Arts & Crafts Market California State Indian Museum
    11/26/10- 11/27/10	Indian Museum Arts & Crafts Holiday Fair California State Indian Museum
    10/16/10	Acorn Day California State Indian Museum
    09/23/10	Native American Day 2010 California State Capitol - South Steps
    06/20/10	Cultural Historian To Speak About Sacramento’s Early Native Peoples California State Indian Museum
    06/05/10	33rd Annual Gathering of Honored Elders California State Indian Museum
    05/15/10	CA State Indian Museum Presents A Special “Plein Air Day” California State Indian Museum
    04/17/10- 04/18/10	Indian Arts & Crafts Market California State Indian Museum
    11/27/09- 11/28/09	Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair
    10/17/09	Acorn Day California State Indian Museum
    09/25/09	Native American Day California State Capitol - North Steps
    06/06/09	Gathering of Honored Elders
    06/06/09	Gathering of Honored Elders California State Indian Museum
    04/18/09- 04/19/09	Indian Arts & Crafts Market
    11/25/08- 12/31/09	The California State Indian Museum Sutter's Fort State Historic Park
    10/18/08	Acorn Day California State Indian Museum
    09/26/08	41st Annual Native American Day California State Capitol - North Steps

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