What impact did the gold rush have on the Californios and Native Americans?

Answer 1

Both groups were displaced & in some instances terminated.

Answer 2

Though my grandma was born almost 90 years after the onset of the Gold Rush, the impact of the culture clash continued on well into her time, with the displacement of Indians and trying to find a place for them in the new society.

I remember my grandma (full blood Miwok) telling me how she and other miwok kids were forced to go to a christian school and speak english. If they were heard conversing in Miwok they would be physically disciplined by whatever means.

The impact of it that I feel today is that many young people of miwok heritage, including myself, cannot even speak the language. Our parents can't even speak the language. There has been a vast loss of culture, even though there are people struggling to hold onto it.

I think that's what hurts me the most, because I feel somewhat a loss of identity. I think it's worse for motherlode area Indians, because other tribes like the Navajo and Sioux still have so much of their culture and language.

Answer 3

The Californios....lost what they STOLE from the Native Americans.
Native Americans got screwed twice.

Californios sounds kinda cute and innocent.
Like an orange flavored breakfast cereal or something.
they weren't........
from link
Spanish explorers came in search of strategic ports and the mythical gold of El Dorado. Real attempts at colonization began 1769. One Spanish soldier declared: For Glory, God, and Gold. We came here to serve God, but also to get rich. The Spanish established missions, pueblos and presidios. The missions took over Indian lands, and introduced European practices of agriculture and ranching. The Spanish priests compelled the "neophyte" Indians to convert to Catholicism. Father Francisco Palou stated: We rejoiced to find so many pagans upon whom the light of our holy faith was about to dawn.

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/fever04-ca.html

Answer 4

it depends...