Tag: edible food

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Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider: Native American Cuisine

The new edition of Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider, A California Indian Feast, was recently released by Heyday Books. My collaborator Rose Ramirez and […]

/ February 12, 2010
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Dragonfly Lecture / Dorothy Ramon Learning Center

On October 19, Rose Ramirez and I are giving a presentation about our ethnobotany project at the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center in Banning, CA. […]

/ October 15, 2009
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prickly pear cactus tuna and cochineal

Cochineal colonizing the prickly pear cactus tunas in my neighborhood. A couple of years ago, I went to a cochineal farm in Oaxaca where they […]

/ September 28, 2009
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Bladderpod / Isomeris arborea

On Wednesday evening, three guests came to my CSUSM Arts and World Culture class: Kumiai elder Teodora Cuero from La Huerta, Kiliwa elder Leonor […]

/ September 25, 2009
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Ziziphus parryi / wild plum / lotebush

A group of us went out early to gather prickly pear fruits from the pancake prickly pear, but wandering around with my camera, I […]

/ September 7, 2009
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wild cherry : Prunus ilicifolia

Rose Ramirez and I went out today to gather wild cherries, Prunus ilicifolia. We want to make sure we have a supply when Kumiai […]

/ September 5, 2008
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