Gathering
of Ohlonean Peoples
Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, 1997
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This
fieldwork, begun in 1997, consists in attending and documenting
as many annual gatherings as possible in preparation for a book
on California Indian tribes and their celebrations.
Researcher:
June Anderson
Photographs: Unless otherwise noted,
photographs are by June Anderson. |
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Performance
by the Humaya Dancers of the Costanoan-Rumsen Carmel Tribe.
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Scenes
from the 1998
Yurok
Salmon Festival
This festival is held every August in Klamath.
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Girl
wearing traditional dress.
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Salmon
is barbecued in the traditional manner on wooden stakes.
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Frank
Gist and traditional dancers perform a Yurok Brush Dance.
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Coastal
Miwok Big Time
Kule Loklo, July 2000
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Above:
Sylvia Thalman makes clam shell beads with a wooden pump drill.
Below:
Display of brain tanning.
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The
roundhouse at Kule Loklo, Marin County
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Clam
shell beads on display |
El-em Pomo Dancers perform. |
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Coyote
Valley Big Time Celebration
near Ukiah, July 2000
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Country
music,
Pomo style |
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Esselen
Nation's 6th Annual Picnic
Toro Park near Salinas, August 2000.
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The
picnic is an informal social event for Esselen families, held
in a beautiful spot under large oaks. Activities include a barbecue,
music crafts, and an ethnobotany walk.
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Annual
Gathering of the
Yosemite Miwok and Chukchansi Yokuts
Wassama Roundhouse State Park, July 2000
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Above:
Indian fry bread is a staple at most California Indian celebrations
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The Coyote Dancer performs.
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The
Wassama Roundhouse, Ahwahnee, Madera County
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The
Ione Miwok Dancers perform.
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Young
Sierra Miwok dancer
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Grinding
rock and cedar shelter
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Demonstration
of basketry coiling using sugar pine needes.
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Washoe
Tribe's Annual
Wa She Shu Edeh Gathering
Lake Tahoe, July 2000
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Pomo
artist displays an abalone and deerskin belt.
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Sierra Miwok dancer.
(PHOTO: Steve Houlihan)
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Maidu traditional dancer from Auburn
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Miwok
singers use clapper sticks to keep the rhythm for the dancers.
(PHOTO: Steve Houlihan)
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Maidu
Big Time
Oakland Museum, 1997
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Dance
regalia bustle made from feathers attached to a net base
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Craig
Bates demonstrates netting techniques.
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Deerskin
skirt embellished with shell beads.
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Rose
Enos demonstrates acorn grinding.
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To
make acorn soup, rocks are heated in the fire and then added to
acorn mush in a cooking basket. The heat from the rocks soon brings
the acorn soup to a boil.
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