Category: Winter Blog Posts
Madrone “Beyond Cranberry” Sauce
November 24, 2013
FacebookTwitteremailShare…Every year, my family likes to cook a Thanksgiving using as many native, local ingredients as possible. Madrone berries make an excellent substitute for cranberries and can also be added for color and flavor to local vegetables and rice. Collect berries in late fall. 1¾ cup fresh Madrone berries (stems removed) ¼ cup fresh Toyon […]
Celebrate Maidu Land
FacebookTwitteremailShare…After ten years of hard work the Maidu Summit, a non-profit organization composed of representatives from nine Mountain Maidu groups, have just received title to more than 2,000 acres of their ancestral lands, Tásmam Koyóm, or Humbug Valley. This is a cause actively championed by my friend and colleague, Farrell Cunningham, who has recently passed […]
Winter Wild Spices
FacebookTwitteremailShare…Wild Winter Spices During the winter, there is still an abundance of delicious wild food that we can enjoy as an interesting complement to standard holiday cooking. A few of my favorites include Toyon, Manzanita, Madrone and California Bay. Toyon, an evergreen bush with red berries, also known as California Holly, is reportedly the origin […]
Weye Edis (Language Persists)
January 22, 2013
FacebookTwitteremailShare…Susanville Indian Rancheria Project: Language restoration and perpetuation Each time we lose a language, we lose the perspective and ideas inherent in it and part of the core of what it means to be a human being. We lose an idea that has been developed through time. A way of interaction and all that is contained […]
Gardening with Manzanita
January 18, 2013
FacebookTwitteremailShare…Last year, my blog concentrated on the seasonal care of a native plant garden. This year I’ll describe some of the plants that I think belong in the garden. In the midst of winter, Manzanita dominates my attention as dormant buds looking like chicken feet sprout from the ends of branches. They actually started growing […]
