Start with these three sources in the Main Collection on the second floor: Handbook of North American Indians Volume 8, California; Native America in the Twentieth Century; and Ethnography and Folklore of the Indians of Northwestern California. Call numbers for these and other reference books can be found in the guide Sources on North American Indians. See also the websites listed in Native American Studies Research Guide.
Begin with Turner's Place Names of Humboldt County (F 868 H8 T87 1993) in either the Main Collection or the Humboldt County Collection and then follow-up on his references.
College yearbooks were published for selected years as follows: 1927 Cabrillo (LD 729.6 A6 C32); 1938-1966 Sempervirens (LD 729.6 A6 S45); 1977-1978 The Lamp (LD 729.6 A6 L35); 1982-1985 Yearbook (LD 729.6 A6 H89). A complete set is in Special Collctions. Copies may be checked out at the Circulation Desk. Copies of some Humboldt yearbooks are available online and for download in Humboldt Digital Scholar.