Native Sons of the Golden West: Difference between revisions

The Native Sons began as an organization "embracing only the sons of those sturdy pioneers who arrived on this coast prior to the admission of California as a state."<ref>''New York Times'', July 11, 1884</ref> In the 1920s, the Native Sons took two very different stances; one on [[immigration]] and one on rights for [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]. In April 1920,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Politics of Prejudice |first=Roger |last=Daniels |year=1962 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |page=79 |isbn=9780520034112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m18MQzfcURUC |access-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref> then-Grand President William P. Caubu of the Native Sons wrote that “California was given by God to a white people, and with God’s strength we want to keep it as He gave it to us."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Native Sons Building Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=71900 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>''Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White'', Frank H. Wu, 2002</ref> The Native Sons openly opposed Chinese, Mexican, and Japanese immigration and [[United States v. Wong Kim Ark#Wong Kim Ark and later cases|waged an unsuccessful legal battle]] for Japanese-Americans to be disenfranchised during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Asks U.S. Japanese Lose Citizenship | newspaper=New York Times | date=June 27, 1942 | page=6| title-link=:File:Asks US Japanese Lose Citizenship New York Times 1942-06-27.png }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Japanese Citizens Win a Court Fight | newspaper=New York Times | date=July 3, 1942 | page=7| title-link=:File:Japanese Citizens Win a Court Fight New York Times 1942-07-03.png }}</ref><ref>''Regan v. King'', 49 F. Supp. [http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=194227149FSupp222_1206.xml&docbase=CSLWAR1-1950-1985 222] ([[United States District Court for the Northern District of California|N.D.Cal.]] 1942). "It is unnecessary to discuss the arguments of counsel. In my opinion the law is settled by the decisions of the Supreme Court just alluded to, and the action will be dismissed, with costs to the defendant."</ref><ref>''Regan v. King'', 134 F.2d [http://nv.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19430220_0001.C09.htm/qx 413] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|9th Cir.]] 1943). "On the authority of the fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, making all persons born in the United States citizens thereof, as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, ... and a long line of decisions, including the recent decision in Perkins, Secretary of Labor et al. v. Elg, ... the judgment of dismissal, 49 F.Supp. 222, is Affirmed."</ref><ref>''Regan v. King'', [[certiorari|cert. denied]], 319 U.S. 753 (1943).</ref> However, by contrast, the Native Sons actively fought for California Native American rights. "The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco was looking into the matter of Indian rights under the 18 treaties as early as 1909. This resulted in a special section on Indian Affairs for the purpose of making a complete study of the rights, wrongs, and present condition of California Indians in 1924. The Native Sons was one of the groups that was active in this area. Study committees were formed and publicity as to the needs of the California Indians appeared in its magazine, the California Grizzly Bear. In 1922 and again in 1925, there were articles of real importance in arousing public opinion.<ref>'Five Views:An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California', 1988 Johnson, Kenneth M., California Office of Historic Preservation</ref> In Nevada City, Native Sons Hydraulic Parlor No. 58 "aided the American Indians and succeeded in having the land set aside for native inhabitants. In April 1913, Indian agent C. H. Ashbury came from Reno to determine if the Indian land claims was valid and to conduct the proceedings, calling neighbors, city trustees, and member of the Native Sons and Daughters to testify..."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brower |first=Maria E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHuRJOXuev8C |title=Nevada City |date=2005 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-3062-8 |language=en}}</ref>

 

 

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