The Journal of California Anthropology

Not very much has been written about the claims case of the Indians of California versus The United States of America which was allowed by the federal government under the Indian Claims Commission Act (H.R. 4497) of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1049; 25 U.S.C. Sec. 70ff). Kroeber and I were the principal expert witnesses for the petitioners, and it fell my lot to give the direct testimony in rebuttal and submit to cross examination on our anthropological evaluation of the ecological theory. Part of the rebuttal was printed in a reply brief of which only a limited number of copies were issued. The full testimony, taken from the stenotype transcript, appears below. I am indebted to Mr. Robert Barker of Wilkinson, Cragun, and Barker, for supplying me with a xerox copy of my testimony which comprises pages 3221-3298 of the official court stenographer's transcript. Since Dr. Kroeber and I together planned the way in which the direct examination would proceed, I have added his name as co-author here.