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Who Are Californians? California’s diverse populations over time
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Hunter/ Gatherers follow food sources
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California Native Tribes
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Russian Fur Traders
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Conquistadores & African Slaves “God, Gold, Glory”
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Spanish Priests & Soldiers
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Huge Drop in Native Californian Population
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Californio Vaqueros
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White American Pioneers in Covered Wagons
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Mexican American War
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“The California gold rush triggered a global emigration of fortune-seekers from China, Germany, Chile, Mexico, Ireland, Turkey, and France. The number of Chinese gold-seekers was particularly large.
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African American Migration http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/on-african-american-migrations/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/on-african-american-migrations/ (chapter 4)
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Mexican & Central American Immigration
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California Today CA: 38,500,000 TX: 26,500,000 NY: 20,000,000
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Who Are We Now?
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Most of the state's Latinos have Mexican ancestry, but there are many Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, Guatemalan Americans, Honduran Americans,Salvadoran Americans, and Nicaraguan Americans, Chilean Americans,Colombian Americans, and Peruvian Americans.MexicanCuban Americans Puerto RicansGuatemalan Americans Honduran AmericansSalvadoran AmericansNicaraguan AmericansChilean AmericansColombian AmericansPeruvian Americans
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Out of those almost 5.6 million Asian Americans in California there are 1,474,707 Filipinos, 1,349,111 Chinese, 647,589Vietnamese, 590,445 Indians, 505,225 Koreans, 428,14 Japanese, 109,928Taiwanese, 102,317 Cambodians, 91,224 Hmong, 69,303 Laotians, 67,707Thais, 53,474 Pakistanis, 39,506 Borneons, Sumatrans, Kenyans andIndonesians, 17,978 Burmese, 11,929 Sri Lankans, 10,494 Bangladeshis, 6,231 Nepalese, 5,595 Malaysians, 4,993 Mongolians, 1,513 Singaporeans, 1,377 Okinawans, and 750 Bhutanese. [27]Filipinos ChineseVietnameseIndians KoreansJapaneseTaiwanese CambodiansHmongLaotiansThaisPakistanisIndonesiansBurmeseSri LankansBangladeshis NepaleseMalaysiansMongolians SingaporeansOkinawansBhutanese [27]
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The state also has over 715,000 Arab Americans, with large communities in Alameda, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Orange, San Bernardino, San Diego, andStanislaus counties. They represent all Arab and Middle Eastern nationalities, the most numerous being of Gaza and West Bank (see Palestinian Americans) followed by those from Syria (see Syrian Americans) and Lebanon(about half- 1.5 out of 3.1 million estimated- (see Lebanese Americans) live in California), Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco,Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.Arab AmericansStanislausGazaWest BankPalestinian Americans SyriaSyrian AmericansLebanonLebanese AmericansAlgeriaBahrainEgyptIraqJordanKuwait LibyaMoroccoOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaTunisia United Arab EmiratesYemen
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics _of_California
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