A recent visit to northwestern California by David Nathan, director of the Endangered Languages Archive in London, England, was a good reminder that we, too, are citizens of the indigenous world. His visit was an occasion to bring together folks who are working with their own local languages: the Yurok, Tolowa, Wiyot, Hupa, Karuk, Pomo,… »
We travelled about an hour and a half. It was a beautiful sunny fall day on the Klamath River. We stopped to pick up two girls and then we travelled to our family acorn gathering grounds. This is an age old acorn gathering ground, it… »
It’s been ages, literally ages since I last blogged on the Institute site. Tonight I realized that I’ve been giving out this address so I thought it PRUDENT (spoken like slowly like bush 1) to get with it. And what a get with it time…. »
Right off the bat a ‘wrong way’ is suggested by the title of this blog entry. Someone will inevitably be wrong when there is a right way. Right? For some… »
Today our lives are like a scrabble game. We are divvied out our individual pieces with which we will play the game. The game board is universal (the land). Our… »
The basket for swaddling babies differs in form from baby baskets in other regions. Cradleboards are common throughout North America. In northwestern California the baby carriers are woven using fine… »