Please click on the link below for Edible, Medicinal, Material, Ceremonial: Contemporary Ethnobotany of Southern California Indians, our collaborative 2010 Calendar.
Rose Ramirez and I thank our extensive network of friends and collaborators featured in the calendar, as well as Margie Adcock, former CSUSM student and now full-time graphic designer at Palomar College, for help with every aspect of the calendar’s layout, press production, and PDF.
Winona LaDuke with Ethnobotanical Calendar
Collaborator Rose Ramirez photographing California poppy fields
Deborah Small photographing California wildflower fields
Deborah Small's Ethnobotany Blog 
To walk the way of an indigenous person (Indian or Peasant) one must be a gatherer, a searcher of the Creator’s Gifts and Spirit.
To separate a Creator’s child from the Mother or the Father is a great injustice to the spiritual beauty hidden with the Creation Plan.
Continue walking and if you find some textilis calling out in search of a bone awl to be made into a basket … I’m thankful that I was a gatherer for the late Juanita Centeno and am tired of hearing those darn deer bones crying out to join up with some textilis to make a basket.
Learn and obey the “Good Rules of the Creator”.
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Aug 3, 2014
Dear Deborah,
I am really interested in finding out more about Yabra mansa plants, and especially about the exact locations they can be collected in New Mexico in particular.
Also, may I have your email so that I can ask my questions in greater detail.
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Dr. Parvathi Chary
Email : pchary2000@yahoo.com
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I live in the desert near Idyllwild; how can i sign up to take the class and how much is the class?
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Is this blog still active? I am interested in a number of things…
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yes it is. i just haven’t posted recently. deborah small
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[…] The wild rose is the featured native plant for August in Rose Ramirez’ and my collaborative 2010 Ethnobotanical Calendar. You can download a PDF version here. […]
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Deborah,
I just came across your calendar. It is magnificent. I volunteer for the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. I would love to see enlarged prints of each panel on display at local libraries. I can make that happen locally with your permission.
– Arvind Kumar, CNPS board member
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[…] is also a featured plant in our 2010 Ethnobotanical Calendar for June. In July, we feature thistle chia, aka thistle sage, or Salvia […]
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oh also, is the calendar for sale?
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Hi Deborah, I absolutely LOVE the work you are doing with southern California tribes to preserve local food traditions. I recently graduated from San Francisco State University and have moved back home to San Diego in order to learn more about the native flora and fauna of the region, plant uses and also traditional resource management techniques. I also hope to gain more knowledge of local edible, medicinal, material and ceremonial plants and am glad to have stumbled on your small webblog. I want to thank you for all the work you have done and put toward the revitalization of tribal traditions.
I wasn’t able to attend your presentation at the CNPSSD, but would love to attend future classes, courses or presentations. Is there a way I could get onto a mailing list or attend a class you give? Would i have to enroll at the San Marcos University or are there other means of connecting and learning?
Thanks again for all you do!
Sincerely, Glorious
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This is great, thank you!
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You’re welcome. By posting a PDF version, we’re glad more people can access the calendar. Deborah
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[…] Many of the images from our presentation at the California Native Plant society are a part of our 2010 Ethnobotanical Calendar. […]
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