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What happened to them, approximate time frame?
Many Indians were forced to work in the mines looking for Gold. Basically you want to mention a couple of events that the Gold rush had upon the Native Americans. -
Loss of land
The gold rush of 1848 brought still more devastation. Violence, disease and loss overwhelmed the tribes. By 1870, an estimated 30,000 native people remained in the state of California, most on reservations without access to their homelands. -
Impact of gold rush on Indians .
This gold strike brought thousands of people from every place known to man into Indians traditional territory. And because it was such a productive area, in the beginning they didn't have a problem with eating, but because there were so many people, they overused the area and created drought and created starvation for themselves, and along with them for the indigenous peoples.