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LEARN: INDIGENOUS LAND GARDENING

Additional Learning Resources

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Becoming Story: A Journey among Seasons, Places, Trees, and Ancestors by Greg Sarris (Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo) (2022)

California Indians and Their Environment by Otis Parrish (Pomo) and Kent G. Lightfoot (2009)

Online class with Clint McKay (Wappo, Pomo, Wintun): “Black Oaks Revealed: Their Cultural Significance for Indigenous Communities,” produced by Pepperwood Preserve, 2021.

In this 2019 video, produced by Northern California Public Media, Clint McKay discusses the art and craft of Pomo and Wappo basket weaving and Indigenous land stewardship. The video includes photographs of beautiful baskets from McKay family’s private collection. 

Clint McKay also co-authored a 2022 study, “Examining abiotic and biotic factors influencing specimen black oaks (Quercus kelloggii) in northern California to reimplement traditional ecological knowledge and promote ecosystem resilience post-wildfire,” published in the Ecology and Society journal. 

The video “Steps to Land Back: Wappo and Sugarloaf Ridge State Park” highlights the partnership between Wappo tribal members and Sonoma Ecology Center Staff at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park.

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Potawatomi) (2014)

Iwígara: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science by Enrique Salmon (Rarámuri) (2020)

Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson (2013)

This flyer from Redbud Resource Group describes how you can be an active ally of Indigenous people. 

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