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Flood, James Clair
(Encyclopedia) Flood, James Clair, 1826–89, American silver magnate, b. New York City. Having been apprenticed to a carriage maker, he left to join the California gold rush in 1849. The following…Paiute
(Encyclopedia) PaiutePaiutepī&oomacr;tˈ [key], two distinct groups of Native North Americans speaking languages belonging to the Shoshonean group of the Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan…Modoc
(Encyclopedia) ModocModocmōˈdŏk [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Sahaptin-Chinook branch of the Penutian linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly…pepperwood
(Encyclopedia) pepperwood, name for several trees, among them the California laurel.Kino, Eusebio Francisco
(Encyclopedia) Kino, Eusebio FranciscoKino, Eusebio Franciscoā&oomacr;sāˈbyō fränsēsˈkō kēˈnō [key], c.1644–1711, missionary explorer in the American Southwest, b. Segno, in the Tyrol. He was in…Bakke, Allan
(Encyclopedia) Bakke, Allan: see Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.Bakke Case
(Encyclopedia) Bakke Case: see Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.Maidu
(Encyclopedia) MaiduMaidumīˈd&oomacr; [key], Native North Americans belonging to the Penutian linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the early 19th cent. they were located on the…Yuma, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) YumaYumay&oomacr;ˈ mə [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Yuman branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Also known as…Lewis, Edward B.
(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Edward B., 1918–2004, American geneticist, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., grad. California Institute of Technology (Ph.D. 1942). After serving as a meteorologist with the U.S. Army Air…Trending
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