History 116

Changes to California Public Education Under AB 1821

By Sydney Tirschwell
Spring 2025

AB-1821

Work Cited

“A map of California tribal areas and languages at the time of European contact” by Concerto, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Browne, J.R., “Protecting the Settlers,” 1864. Public Domain. Wikipedia Commons. 

Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon). First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History. Fifth edition. 

Boston, Massachusetts: Bedford/St. Martin’s, a Macmillan Education imprint, 2016.

Eduardo Garcia, Devon Mathis, and James Ramos. AB 1821: Pupil instruction; course of study; social sciences; treatment of Native Americans, Pub. L. No. AB 1821 (2024). https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1821

“Gold, Greed, and Genocide.” International Indian Treaty Council. Accessed May 8, 2025. https://www.iitc.org/gold-greed-genocide/.

James Ramos. AB 1703: California Indian Education Act; California Indian Education Task Forces, Pub. L. No. AB 1703 (2022). https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1703

Jones, Carolyn. “The Brutal Story Behind California’s New Native American Genocide Education Law.” CalMatters, October 10, 2024. 

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