California Indian Lecture Series

"The Impacts of the Spanish Missions on California Indians" presented by Nicole Lim, Director of the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

California State Parks, in cooperation with Sonoma/Petaluma State Historic Parks Association, invites you to the second in a series of three lectures at Mission San Francisco Solano. Refreshments will be served starting at 6:30 pm. Lecture begins at 7:00pm. Admission is $10 at the door or $5 for Sonoma-Petaluma State Historic Parks Association members and California State Park volunteers. 

The Spanish Mission era is one of  the most pivotal and challenging periods in California history. For California Indians it was a time of great cultural upheaval. It marked the beginning of the forced separation if tribal people from their place-based cultural practices, established community structures, and indigenous languages. There was a precipitous decline in California tribal populations caused by diseases, starvation and other conditions that occurred with abrupt changes in the California Indian lifestyles.

California State Parks supports equal access. Prior to arrival, visitors who need assistance should contact Mission San Francisco Solano, 707-938-9560.