Despite recent backlashes over the colonial treatment of Native populations, California's missions continue to thrive.

The area of modern-day Orange County was home to thriving villages of the Acjachemen and Tongva tribes, and had been for ...

"Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in collaboration with San Antonio Museum of Art, Museo de Historia Mexicana, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Oakland Museum of California." "The exhibition The Arts of the ...

Native California before the missions -- All the world's a stage for Spain -- Exploration and settlement -- Establishment of the missions -- The messengers of St. Francis -- Conversion and mission ...

How encroachment of the Spanish brought profound destruction to the First People's lives. The encroachment of Spanish soldiers and missionaries in 1769 brought profound destruction to the First ...

On May 13, 1789, California’s Spanish Governor Pedro Fages, sent a letter marked “Confidential” to Comandante Jose Arguello ...