Indians of Lassen Volcanic National Park and Vicinity

This book documents the Indigenous peoples who called the Lassen Peak region home - the Maidu, Washoe, and neighboring groups whose cultures were shaped by the volcanic landscape, alpine meadows, and dense forests of what is now Northern California. Schulz, writing in the mid-twentieth century, pieced together their stories from ethnographic research, oral histories, and the fragmentary archaeological record, creating one of the earliest comprehensive accounts of these mountain-dwelling peoples. The work reveals how these groups developed sophisticated relationships with the land - from seasonal migration patterns tied to food gathering to spiritual practices that honored the volcanic forces still active in the region. For readers seeking to understand who inhabited this landscape before it became national parkland, this volume preserves knowledge that might otherwise have been lost entirely.