"On Indian Ground: California" is the first in a series of ten books on American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian education. The focus of this text is the 110 tribes in California and the best practices available to educators of native students in K-16. This volume explores the history of California Indian education as well as current policies on early childhood education, gifted education, curriculum, counseling, funding, and research. The chapters provide a unique look at crosscutting themes, such as sustainability, economic development, health and wellness, and historical trauma and bias. Following the preface and introduction, this book contains the following chapters: (1) Protecting the Treasure: A History of Indigenous Education in California (Kishan Lara-Cooper); (2) History of Indian Education in California (Sabine Nicole Talaugon); (3) Navigating the System: Key Elements and Processes (Gerald A. Lieberman); (4) Tokoy: A Circle of Promise for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (Nicolasa I. Sandoval); (5) Early Learning and Best Practice in a Native American Head Start Program (Tamara Alexander and Mikela Jones); (6) K-12 Best Practices: Creating Successful American Indian Students (Melissa Leal); (7) Teaching Truth: Social Justice for California Native Students (Joely Proudfit and Nicole Quinderro Myers-Lim); (8) Revitalizing Critically Endangered Languages in California: Case Study and Promising Practices (Theresa L. Gregor and Stanley Rodriguez); (9) Higher Education in California (Joely Proudfit and Linda Sue Warner); (10) A Multilogical Approach to Giftedness: Creating a Space for Indigenous Knowledge (Kishan Lara-Cooper); (11) Assessing California State Curriculum and Its Impacts on K-12 Students (Nicole Quinderro Myers-Lim); (12) Counseling: Cultural Components to Counseling and Advising (André P. Cramblit); (13) Miromaa: Awakening California Tribal Languages in Digital Spaces (Tomio Endo); (14) Funding, Finance, and School Accountability (Rodney Beaulieu); (15) Parents and Tribal Community Efforts (Tishmall Turner and Hunwut Turner); (16) Educational Research: Using a Health-Based Model (Deborah J. Morton); (17) California Urban Indian Education (Linda Sue Warner); and (18) Addressing "Anti-Indian" Historical Bias in California Public Schools Through Better Practices (Sabine Nicole Talaugon).