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    Mission Indians - Wikipedia

    Mission Indians are the Indigenous peoples of California who lived in Southern california and were forcibly relocated from their traditional dwellings, villages, and homelands to live and work at 15 Franciscan missions in Southern California and the Asistencias and Estancias established between 1769 and 1823 in … See more

    Spanish explorers arrived on California's coasts as early as the mid-16th century. In 1769, the first Spanish Franciscan mission was built in San Diego. Local tribes were relocated and … See more

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    In northern California, specific tribes are associated geographically with certain missions.
    Mission Dolores in San Francisco (Muwekma See more

    Current mission Indian tribes include the following in southern California:
    Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians (Cahuilla)
    Augustine Band of Mission Indians (Cahuilla)
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    On January 12, 1891, the US Congress passed the "An Act for the Relief of the Mission Indians in the State of California". This would further … See more

    These tribes were associated with the following missions, asisténcias, and estáncias:
    Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, in San Luis Obispo
    Mission La Purísima Concepción, northeast of See more

    • Hutchinson, C. Alan. "The Mexican Government and the Mission Indians of Upper California," The Americas 21(4)1965, pp. … See more

     
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