" A Coalition of Lineages is an important and robust study highlighting the continuity of the unrecognized Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, the genealogical caretakers of the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys and the surrounding areas. They should be recognized and given back their land, as should their unrecognized relatives and neighbors, the Chumash, Acjachemen, and Tongva/Gabrielino nations. Yet, despite Champagne and Goldberg's argument that federal recognition is a step toward remedying the harm of colonialism (16), the sovereignty promised through recognition does not dismantle the oppressive colonial, racist, and patriarchal structure of the state."--Charles Sepulveda, American Indian Culture and Research Journal "Written to dispel the idea that these lineages ever ceased to exist under colonial power, this book offers a conceptual framework around the lineage that can be useful to historians and scholars."--Lisbeth Haas, author of Saints and Citizens: Indigenous Histories of Colonial Missions and Mexican California "Champagne and Goldberg make considerable contributions to Indigenous Californian studies with this book. They help document examples of discrimination against Indigenous Californians in Los Angeles, revealing how tribal members hid their Indigenous roots to pass as Mexican. They illuminate examples of cultural continuities, observing how tribal members passed along language and traditional healing practices over multiple generations. Finally, they worked very closely with tribal members, as demonstrated by the inclusion of an abundance of quotes, insights, and oral histories--perspectives that are missing from most studies.

These contributions are important and much needed."--Martin Rizzo-Martinez, California History.