We Will
Receive Justice Talk

Gustavo Flores and Lee Panich, co-authors of We Will Receive Justice: Native Histories of the Collapse of the California Missions, give a talk on California Indigenous history. The book examines how Native people in the southern San Francisco Bay Area—ancestors of today’s Ohlone community—navigated the collapse of the California mission system from Mexican independence in 1821 through U.S. annexation in 1846, including struggles for emancipation and restitution amid changing colonial circumstances. It also considers how Native people drew on cultural traditions and social relationships to build new lives after the Franciscan mission system. The talk takes place in the First Floor Program Room. Registration is recommended, with registration available through the library's bio link. Sponsored by the Friends of the Mountain View Library.