California State Indian Museum

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The California State Indian Museum is a natural history museum in Sacramento, California that is operated under the California state parks system.

Contents 1 Location and displays 2 Improvements 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Location and displays

The museum is co-located on the grounds of the Sutter's Fort Historic Park and displays exhibits and artifacts illustrating the culture of the state’s earliest Native American inhabitants. There is a display about Ishi, the last of the Yahi Indians. Ishi managed to remain hidden from western civilization until 1911 when he was discovered in Northern California.

[edit] Improvements

A state grant of $200,000 USD helped to renovate the museum in 1986 by a volunteer group composed of mostly Native American Indians.

[edit] Sources

• Task force appointed for creation of California Indian museum and cultural center as retrieved January 19, 2007.
• Indian artifacts on display at revitalized Sacramento museum - California State Indian Museum exhibition from Sunset Magazine1986.
• Museum Info

[edit] External links

• • WikiSatellite view at WikiMapia
  • VirtualGlobetrotting maps at VirtualGlobetrotting
  • Close-up color aerial from TerraServer-USA or Google Local
• Official government site