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Did you know?? European and Native American Conflicts (San Joaquin Valley) The Spanish were reluctant to settle in this area because of climate and the danger they perceived from the local native American population. An influx of European trappers, traders, explorers, miners and settlers affected the lifestyle of the native Yokuts since the Europeans brought a non hunter-gatherer culture as well as diseases to which the Yokuts had no resistance. Following the discovery of gold in California in 1848, settlers flooded into the San Joaquin Valley and carried out a campaign to drive the Yokuts off their land.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:59:50 +0000

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