the natives protected it, when the ships arrived is when it started going downhill.

speaking of indian reservations, why do they get the worst land? (deserts, barren prairies, etc).... it was all their land to start with, shouldnt they be the ones putting everyone else on reservations, and deciding where we should live instead?

what do you suppose are the chances of the entire californian coastline being entirely indian land today?. yeah, right.