Editing Oakhurst, California (section)

===Native people===
[[File:Oakhill Cemetery Mariposa War Skeane S Skeenes Grave Marker.jpg|thumb|Skeane S. Skeenes, first militia casualty of the [[Mariposa War]], buried at Oakhill Cemetery, Oakhurst.<ref name="Madera County Cemetery District">{{Cite sign |title=Madera County Cemetery District |year=1970 |type=Grave marker plaque |publisher=Madera County Cemetery District and the Madera and Merced County Supervisors |location=Oakhill Cemetery, [[Oakhurst California|Oakhurst, California]]}}</ref>]]
Oakhurst was a common meeting ground for the [[Miwok]]s, [[Yokuts]], and [[Mono people|Monos]]<ref>{{Cite sign |title=Fresno Flats Historical Village and Park |year=2022 |type=Display outside museum |publisher=Madera County Historical Society |location=[[Oakhurst California|Oakhurst, CA]]}}</ref> before the time of the [[California Gold Rush]].

Many Native Californians were displaced by white settlers following the enactment of the [[Act for the Government and Protection of Indians]] in 1850. This act facilitated the removal and displacement of Native Californian Indians from their traditional lands, and led to the [[Mariposa War]], the first battle of which was fought near present-day Oakhurst on January 11, 1851.<ref>{{cite book |last=Coate |first=William S. |date= 1992 |title=Pieces of the Past: Madera County Vignettes |location=Madera, California |publisher=The Classroom Chronicles Press |page=137}}</ref><ref name="Madera County Cemetery District"/> By June 1851, most Native Americans in the region had been relocated to the Fresno River Farm Reservation, opening the region to the first permanent white settlers.