An American Genocide
The Barona Cultural Center & Museum, dedicated to preserving the Native American culture and history of San Diego County, will host author and Assistant Professor of History at UCLA Dr. Benjamin Madley. As part of the museum’s ongoing lecture series Keyiw! Keyip! (Come! Listen!), Madley will discuss his book An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe.
Madley’s work centers on the government-funded genocide campaign against California Indians in the mid and late 1800s and the resulting plunge in the Native population from approximately 150,000 to 30,000. By recounting state and federal policies and supplying evidence of over 300 massacres and mass killings, An American Genocide constitutes the first comprehensive history of California Indian Genocide under United States rule. The book uncovers the full extent of government involvement, considers why the slaughter constitutes genocide, and more. Info: 619-443-7003, x219.