Willow & Bear Grass of the Ancients
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Willow, Bear Grass & Feathers from the Grandmothers ...
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Pendleton-type backpacks. Indian Museum.Banff
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Beaded bag at Indian Museum in Banff
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MiWuk Woodpecker Trap (willow); Tule Duck Decoy; Berry Basket (redbud culls);
MiWuk Fish Trap (willow)
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MiWuk Woodpecker Trap in progress, with clippers to show relative size
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California Indian Handgames Set; maple & elderberry. Made by
Ranger John Mott from Henry Cowell State Park
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MiWuk Hair Ornament. Turkey Feathers & Red Shafted Flicker.
Fran McTameny's collection; SF Bay Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, Alviso
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Clam Shell and "Disk Beads" made from clam shell; Pump Drill, Sand
Stone rock for grinding down beads; abalone pendant & beeds
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Aunt Mary's Exquisite Karok Baskets
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MiWuk necklace of pine nuts, freshwater clams, and beads
with an abalone pendant. Made by Jennifer Bates.
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Owl Petroglyph from Columbia River Interpretive Center,
near Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, Washington Summer 1997
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Local supply of good willow for Indian Basketry, *almost* lost to "flood control"
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Stalking the wild Salix hindsiana in a major creek near Stanford. The small
"survivor" of local flood control efforts is the "desirable" species we are
trying to save. (In front of friend, Steve.) Also known as "sandbar willow" or
grey willow, & hard to find healthy specimens in S.F. Bay Area. The willow directly
behind Steve is the "undesirable"/"junk" willow commonly known as Arroyo Willow.Out of view, just across the creek is a less-common "red willow" bush, Salix laevigata.
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Lyn collecting Rabbit Bush flowers to be used as a dye for a Navajo Rug project
Lake Tahoe to Carson City Highway October
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Traditional Ojibwe/Chippewa "Jingle Dress" jewelry. The "Choker" is made with
carved buffalo horn, old-style brass & glass beads. The "spacers" are leather;
the ties are made from deer skin. Made to order $35-$50. The earrings are made
with glass bugle beads, sterling silver beads, czech crystals, & miniature tin
jingle cones. Deer hide brings it all together. Made to order $40.
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California Indian Basketry Design (Northern) on a hand drum
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"Place the Earth on my back," the great turtle said,
& as they spread the tiny speck of earth it grew
larger & larger & larger until it became the whole world.
... Then it was that the first plants grew & life on this new earth began.
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Turtle ornament made from a gourd. Made by " MBS" 1999 (Mary Simmons?)
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Fancy Beaded Dream Catcher. Obtained at Stewart Indian School Reunion early 1990's
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Dream Catcher made by an Ojibwe/Chippewa Indian. "Almost" Kosher style. Leather
wrapped rim with sinew web.
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Plain Dream Catcher. Leather-wrapped rim, sinew web, & turqoise beads.
Made by Kevin Dearborn Olson
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"Kosher" style Dream Catcher -- Seven connecting points for the Seven Council
Fires. (Eight points for Spider Woman is also "Kosher".) This lovely little
Dream Catcher was purchased from some Navajo students at the Stanford PowWow
mid 1990's.
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