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Newsletter #45
Spring 2005
California Indian Basketweavers Association
PO Box 2397, Nevada City, CA 95959
Cambria Whipple (Nomalacki/Wylacki)
Learns at CIBA Gatherings
y interest in basket making began
when my gram, Karen, took me to
my first California Indian Basketweavers
Gathering at Chaw'se in Jackson, CA. It
was held in June of 2000.
At the time, I was nine
years old. It was at this
Gathering that I made
my first, miniature baby
basket.
My grandma
Karen Whipple said
that when we gather we
always start with please
and when we leave we
leave with a thank you.
I gather most of my materials along the creeks
and streams of my
home in Round Valley
of Covelo, California.
These materials include
red willow, white willow, redbud and
creek dogwood. We pick our creek dogwood after the first big freeze to make a
baby basket. I scrape the bark off of each
one then take strips of cotton material
and wrap them about 3 to 5 in each
bundle then bring one end to the other
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side and tie them together so they can
dry into a “U” shape. The ones that I
don’t wrap for “U” shapes I can use
for the backs and guides. It takes about
3 to 5 months for them
to dry so that I can use
them to make a basket.
One of the
items that I have made
is a large storage basket
out of Creek Dogwood.
As gifts for my family I
have made baby rattles,
hair barrettes, soap root
brushes, baby baskets,
miniature baby baskets
and double twine baskets. I have also learned
how to do beadwork,
which includes necklaces, beaded feathers
and earrings.
I am 13 years old now and an
eighth grader at Round Valley Middle
School. Every year I go with my gram
to the California Indian Basketweavers
Gathering. At each of these events I
learn something new.
2005 CIBA Gathering
June 24–26
at the Cupa Cultural Center
on the Pala Reservation
See page 3 for more information
Inside
Directions to Gathering at Pala
page 3
Basketweaver Profile:
Carmelita Ryan
page 4
Jimmy Carter Presented with
Basket by Marlene Montgomery
page 5
"Working Together"
by Marian Walkingstick
page 6
Basketweaver Profile:
Kayla Carpenter
page 7
School District
Basketry/Language Project
page 8
Events & Classes
page 9
Roadside Herbicide Use
pages 10
Forest Service Proposes New
Special Forest Products Policy
pages 11
From the Board Chairperson
ichaksas,
I can’t begin to tell you all how excited I am about
going down to the southern part of California this year
for our 15th California Indian Basketweavers Gathering.
Our hosting tribe is the Pala Band of Mission Indians and
the location is the Pala Reservation. We will be gathering
at their Cultural Center. This Gathering is really a milestone in that we are celebrating 15 years of gathering
basketweavers together from throughout California to
listen, learn, share and visit with family and friends.
CIBA’s priority has always been to connect with
basketweavers and to perpetuate California Indian basketry, and I think CIBA has done that and more in the 15
years that we have presented our basketweavers gatherings.
We have a new addition to this year’s Gathering
in that we are going to have a special banquet dinner on
Friday night. We are working with Native American
chefs to create a fabulous meal. CIBA will be having a
very special presentation that evening, as we are going to
be honoring many people who have contributed to CIBA
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over the past 15 years. It is going to be a very SPECIAL
EVENING!
I am very happy and relieved to tell you that
CIBA is stronger than ever, moving forward and standing
on solid ground. Our Executive Director, Shannon
Brawley, is doing an exceptional job and our very loyal
staff is standing right beside her and CIBA. We have a
strong and committed CIBA Board and together our
board and staff are working to make things happen.
Spring is about rebirth and new beginnings and
so it shall be with CIBA. Please tell your friends about
CIBA and let’s all work together in helping CIBA grow.
Speaking of growth, we are beginning to outgrow our
office in Grass Valley and are looking to find a location in
the Sacramento area. If you know of any building that
might be suitable for CIBA please give the office a call.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the 15th
Annual Basketweavers Gathering in June. It’s going to be
a great time to come together again. See you then!
Respectfully,
Jennifer D. Bates
From the Executive Director
e are all very excited about the Gathering at Pala’s
Cupa Cultural Center. The support from Pala’s
staff and community is overwhelming. We are grateful
for their generosity and are looking forward to celebrating fifteen years of weaving with all of our
members and friends.
CIBA’s office has been busy! Our
biggest concern is the new Forest Service
Draft Policy on Special Forest Products
and Forest Botanical Products (please read
about the policy on page 11). On May 10,
2005, CIBA sent board members Renee
Stauffer, Diania Caudell and CIBA member Kimberly Stevenot to attend the Forest
Service Policy review meeting at the Cleveland National Forest. Also in attendance
were weavers from Southern California.
We are thankful that they were able to
voice the concerns of weavers throughout
the state. I want to encourage you to go to
CIBA’s website to download the policy information and
take the documents to your tribal council. This Policy
may redefine weavers' and cultural practitioners’ ability
to gather. Ask that the council appoint someone to review and send comments to the Forest Service.
On a brighter note, I am pleased to announce
that the Ford Foundation has funded the Northwest
Field Office for another two years and is also a major
donor for this year’s Gathering. The Ms. Foundation and
Vanguard have also contributed generously to CIBA’s
general operating expenses. This funding will allow us to
continue to be fiscally strong and focused
on the many projects that are necessary to
preserve, promote and perpetuate the traditional art of basketry. We are also grateful for the contribution from the Bureau of
Land Management, Agua Caliente Band
of the Cahuilla Indians, Pechanga Band
of Luiseño Mission Indians and Soboba
Band of the Luiseño Mission Indians who
are sponsoring components of our 2005
Gathering. Thank you for this on-going
support. CIBA could not do this work without you!
I am looking forward to meeting
you all at the Gathering. Please don’t hesitate to pull me aside and introduce yourself. I would love to talk with you and hear what you are
up to. If you can’t make the Gathering this year and you
would like to share your thoughts and ideas email me at
<[email protected]> or pick up the phone and dial (530)
272-5500. See you in Pala!
Respectfully,
California Indian Basketweavers Association
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Newsletter #45 Spring 2005
2005 CIBA Gathering at Pala Reservation
June 24—26
he 15th annual California Indian Basketweavers
Gathering will be held June 24-26 at the Cupa Cultural Center located on the Pala Reservation in Pala,
California. Friday June 24, is reserved for California
Indian basketweavers and their guests, while Saturday
and Sunday will be open to all.
The Pala Reservation is located on Highway 76 in
Pala, California. It is approximately 7.5 hours south of
Sacramento and 1 hour north of San Diego. From San
Diego, take highway 15 to highway 76. From northern
California, there are several ways to get to Pala. Please
check your road map for the best route for you, or contact
the CIBA office for assistance.
Southern California weather can be very hot at
this time of year, so please bring appropriate clothing,
water, hat, and maybe even a shade canopy.
The Cupa Cultural Center has plenty of parking,
but please carpool from home or your place of lodging as
much as possible. A shuttle may be provided from the
Gathering site to the Pala Hotel and Resort.
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California Indian Basketweavers Association
Main Office
Mail: PO Box 2397 ▲ Nevada City, CA 95959
Delivery: 760 S. Auburn St. Suite C-2 ▲ Grass Valley, CA 95945
phone: (530) 272-5500 fax: (530) 272-5562 e-mail: [email protected]
CIBA Website: www.ciba.org
Board of Directors
Jennifer Bates (Northern Mewuk)—Chairperson ▲ Richard Bugbee (Payoomkawichum/Luiseño)
Lavina Brooks (Yurok/Karuk/Tolowa) ▲ Marcelle Burrows (Nomlaki)—Secretary
Diania L. Caudell (Luiseño)—Treasurer ▲ Don Hankins (Miwok/Osage)
L. Frank Manriquez (Tongva/Ajachemem)
Lucy Parker (Yosemite Miwok/Mono Lake Paiute/Kashaya Pomo)—Vice Chairperson
Lorene Sisquoc (Mt. Cahuilla/Ft. Sill Apache) ▲ Renee Stauffer (Karuk/Yurok)
Kathy Wallace (Yurok/Karuk/Hoopa Tribe)
CIBA Staff
Executive Director: Shannon Brawley <[email protected]>
Basketweaver Support Director: Tina Johnston (Norelmuk Wintu) <[email protected]>
Office Assistant & Webmaster: John Button <[email protected]>
Resource Policy Analyst: Vivian Parker <[email protected]>
Northwestern California Field Director: Deborah McConnell (Yurok/Quinault/Hoopa Tribe)
<[email protected]>
Resource Protection Associate: Jennifer Kalt <[email protected]>
Newsletter Editor: Linda Yamane (Rumsien Ohlone) <[email protected]>
Deadline for submissions for Summer Newsletter is July 23.
Contact the CIBA office or the Newsletter Editor if you have a
suggestion for our newsletter. We would be glad to hear from you!
Roots & Shoots is published quarterly: January, April, July & October
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Basketweaver Profile
Carmelita Ryan
Pala Band of Mission Indians/Cupeño & Kashaya Pomo
y mother was Cupeño and my father was Kashaya
Pomo. They met at Sherman Indian School in Riverside. Both of my grandmothers were basketweavers.
One of my grandmothers, on my
dad’s side, was from the north and
was Kashaya Pomo—her name was
Sarah Fuller Knapp. My other grandmother was Diegueño—her name
was Jacinta Ortega.I knew both of
my grandmothers, but my mother
died when I was 5 years old and after
that we went to live up north in my
dad’s country. Later my grandmother came and stayed with us and
helped raise me.
I always liked baskets and
my grandmother up north made me
a baby basket. My grandmother
down here made several baskets, too,
but it seems like she always gave
them away so I’m not sure if our
family still has any of them. She was
really good at doing the rattlesnake
patterns.
I grew up around
basketweavers, but didn’t learn myself until later in life.
It must have been in 1974 that we started. We learned
from some of the older women, Roscinda
Nolasquez and Katherine Mojado, here
on the Pala Reservation. They didn’t
really know a lot, but they taught us
what they knew. Roscinda knew a
lady at Los Coyotes who had materials, and she wanted me to organize us and so we got ourselves
started and were all just teaching
each other the things we knew.
These two older women are gone
now.
We do coiled basketry, using juncus for the coiling and deer
grass for the foundation, but we have
a hard time getting our materials. The
materials don’t grow right here on our reservation, but on one of the others—the Cahuilla
Reservation. It’s about 40 miles away, and we have to get
permission to gather there, so it gets complicated. The
Cupeño were originally from Warner Springs, and it’s a
lot warmer and drier than here at Pala. Now we’re about
35 miles east of the ocean. There’s been talk of getting the
plants started growing here, but nothing’s come of it so
far.
We had a class not too long ago, and we were
supposed to go get materials out at
Cahuilla, but we didn’t. We did go to
a forest to gather (I think it was the
Cleveland National Forest—it was
by Descanso). We gathered juncus
there, but it was a long drive and then
after we got there, we had to go way
back in for the materials. We’ve been
getting by on materials that other
basketweavers, like Lori Sisquoc and
others, have given us and what we’ve
been able to gather. People are always asking, “Why don’t you have
another class and teach us how to do
it?” But when I say, “Get the materials,” then they lose interest. So getting the materials seems to be our
main problem.
Right now I think I’m the only
one at Pala who’s carrying it on. My
sisters were interested at one time,
but one sister passed away and my
other sister can’t see very well anymore. I don’t know
that much myself, and I’m still learning, but I teach
what I know. I’ve taught a few classes, at the
Pala Cultural Center and also at my home.
It’s been older adults who have been
interested, and in one class there were
quite a few men who wanted to learn.
There are some women on other
reservations who know more about
weaving and sometimes they come
and share with us
I do this work to keep it
alive. The baskets are such pretty
things. I want to learn how to make
them and make the patterns. How I
wish my grandmother were here so I
could learn from her… but the main
thing now is to keep practicing, that’s all
you can do.
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Coiled tray or shallow bowl made by Mrs. Casilda Welmas in 1935
at Pala. Sold in the April 29-30, 1983 Sotheby's Auction. Present
location unknown. Photo & caption from Native American
Basketry of Southern California by Christopher L. Moser,
Riverside Museum Press, 1993.
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President Jimmy Carter Presented with Basket
by Marlene Montgomery
When I heard that President Jimmy Carter was to receive one of Marlene Montgomery’s baskets I couldn’t believe what a
wonderful match. I have known Marlene for five years and had the privilege of attending a basketry class with her. She is a gifted
and humble weaver. I would watch with amazement as she created with ease baskets of simple beauty. It is so fitting that one of
her creations would go to a man who has worked so hard for peace and for those who are often forgotten. Below is an article written
by Erin Dunlay, Elmets Communications Group, which appeared in the Capay Valley Newsletter. Marlene is Pit River/Atsugwi
and a CIBA member currently living in Chico, California. Congratulations Marlene!
—Shannon Brawley
one of the only baskets she had in the “coiling” style that
is commonly used in the Wintun tribe. It was made of
deer grass, redbud and sedge.
“California
basketweavers
are considered
some of the best
artists in the
world,” said Shannon Brawley,
Executive Director of the California
Indian
Basketweavers
Association. “The
baskets really reflect
where
people live—the
baskets are made
from the environment
around
them.”
Montgomery
tries to finish every basket she
starts before moving onto the next
one because of a
valuable lesson
she was taught as
a child. “My
grandmother always told me when you start something,
you finish it.”
n January 28, 2005 Rumsey tribal chairwoman
Paula Lorenzo was in Georgia to meet President
Jimmy Carter and present him with a $250,000
check for Habitat for Humanity, International.
Also there were Tribal members from the
United Auburn Indian Community, who presented another $250,000. This money will go
toward tsunami disaster relief in an effort to
help the organization develop long-term shelter solutions and provide hope to those in
need.
“It was a great honor to meet with
President Carter and present a check to assist
Habitat for Humanity, International’s efforts
in southern Asia,” said Lorenzo. In addition to
the donation, Lorenzo also presented President Carter with a basket made by Marlene
Montgomery.
Montgomery normally doesn’t give
her baskets away; she makes them for her
family. However, when she got a call asking if
she would be
willing to part
with one of her
baskets on behalf of President Carter,
she was interested. “I don’t
get calls like
that
every
day,” Montgomery said.
“It was an
honor.”
Montgomery has
been weaving
since 1990, but the style of this particular basket was not
her usual style. She chose a basket she felt was more the
style of the Wintun Tribe than her Pit River Tribe.
She has had that basket for several years and it’s
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Working Together
Marian Walkingstick (Juaneño)
n 1997, the U.S. Forest Service launched a better rela- members and Cleveland National Forest was established
tionship with Native Americans through a native weav- over the years that at one point lost some steam.
However, this project had such significance that
ers campaign. A meeting was held on May 10, 1997 at
California State University, San Marcos. Several tribal determination and perseverance were worth the work.
nations were represented, including the Juaneño Band of Our commitment to this project has paid off and we have
Mission Indians of Orange County, CA. As a Juaneño acquired the support of our new Tribal Chairman, Anbasketweaver, I attended the gathering along with my thony Rivera, who has taken personal interest and has
engaged in the project. Chairman Rivera and Margaret
daughter Josea White Cloud Walkingstick.
Many topics were discussed, but of great interest Hangan, Heritage Resources Manager and Tribal Relawas the discussion on access to sacred sites and land tions Liaison for Cleveland National Forest, have estabmanagement. As a teacher of native California lished a good working relationship between the Tribal
basketweaving, I was encouraged by many that attended government and this federal agency. We have made
to develop a native plants meadow project in the Trabuco enormous progress with the help and interest of Cleveland SuperviDistrict
of
sor
Keith
Cleveland NaFletcher,
tional Forest in
Deborah
Orange and
Clark, and
Riverside
Karry Galey.
Counties. I reW e
ceived encourare honored
agement from
that the U.S.
D a n i e l
Forest Service
McCarthy, aris naming this
chaeologist
place
the
with the U.S.
Acjachemen
Forest Service,
Meadow. We
and
Lori
are working
Sisquoc,
together to
weaver and
plan an interBoard Mempretive area
ber of CIBA.
and picnic
Several meettables in a
ings followed,
semi-circle
with
each
overlooking
tribal member
the meadow.
and weaver
The Forest
sharing their
Abe Sanchez (standing) and Marian Walkingstick planting sumac.
Service is suplocal land isplying a varisues.
The Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, ety of native species, along with native plants like deer
Acjachemen Nation stressed the urgent need to protect grass, elderberry, and sumac supplied by Tree of Life
and propagate our natural basketry materials. We gather nursery in San Juan Capistrano. The project that was
in many areas of Cleveland National Forest, and there is started seven years ago is almost complete, and the grand
one special place we call “the meadow” where all our opening is yet to be announced. The Acjachemen Meadow
natural materials grow. We were therefore asked by the is dedicated to the memory of our late tribal member Pato
U.S. Forest Service to monitor this meadow. We started as Sanchez and our ancestors who gathered materials in this
a small group of myself, Pato Sanchez, and Fran Yorba, meadow to weave the beautiful baskets we know. It is
and were joined later by Abe Sanchez. Cleveland Na- with great honor and respect that we continue their
tional Forest contributed by sending archaeologist Lee tradition.
DiGregorio and botanist Kristen Winters (Rancho
Bernardo). A good relationship between Juaneño tribal
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Basketweaver Profile
Kayla Carpenter
Hupa/Yurok/Karuk
“My ancestors inspire me the most in learning
how to weave and participate in cultural activities. The
knowledge we’ve passed on through generations has
enabled us to live in a balanced way for thousands of
years. Ten thousand years of living successfully is something we can still learn from today, and shouldn’t be
forgotten.”
Jacqueline Colegrove has greatly influenced
Kayla. “As her student, she’s helped me
to become a better weaver throughout
the entire process, from gathering and
preparing materials to finishing baskets.
I value the time she has taken to teach me
and other girls, and to her I am very
grateful,” Kayla said.
Weaving has opened Kayla’s eyes
to other aspects of her culture. “I look at
baskets and their roles in our lives and
ceremonies in a different way. The more
I learn about basketry, the more I appreciate baskets and dedicated weavers.
Weaving has given me so much and enriched my life spiritually, mentally, and
emotionally. It’s taught me patience and
cultural values. I love to weave because it
allows me to take time on a regular basis
to focus on my culture, which in turn
helps to fulfill me spiritually. Also, weaving and gathering allows me to interact with nature,
something in modern times we don’t seem to do enough.”
Kayla likes to sing and many times will think of
songs. It helps her focus and maintain a good frame of
mind. She said, “I was told that a lot of women used to
have songs for weaving. That is something I’d like to
learn more about.”
Continuing to weave and learn about baskets is
one of Kayla’s many plans. She plans on attending college
in a couple of years, so is not sure how much time she’ll
have to weave, but will hopefully keep it up at least over
the summers. “Maybe it will help me with the times I get
lonely and want to come home. I think the things I have
been taught and lessons I have learned will help sustain
me through hardships,” she said.
“When people look at my baskets, I would like
them to see that the younger generation will continue on
with basketry, language, ceremonies, and culture. Much
has been lost, but there is much to celebrate that has
survived. Our culture is important to us, and we wish to
honor our ancestors by learning as much as we can and
passing what we learn on to generations to come.”
ayla Carpenter is sixteen years old and has lived her
entire life on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in
Northern California. She is from a family with strong ties
to Hupa culture and ceremonies, and is also of Yurok and
Karuk descent. On her maternal side, she is Hupa from
the village of Ta:kimilding, Whilq’it Hupa from upper
Redwood Creek, and Karuk from Chinich Creek and the
village of Katamin. On her maternal side, she is Yurok
from the village of Ter-rip. Kayla is a
junior at Hoopa Valley High School, is
the daughter of Melodie George and
Chance Carpenter, and is the first of five
siblings.
Kayla’s mother and grandmother weave baskets, as did her great
grandmother. They have encouraged her
to weave, are a source of support, and
have let her know that they are proud
that she has taken up weaving.
Weaving baskets is a big part of
Kayla’s life. Kayla’s aunt, Wendy
George, first taught her to weave. She
currently attends three different basketry classes: the Klamath-Trinity Joint
Unified School District basketry-language project held during Club time at
Hoopa Valley High School; Hoopa Tribal
Teen Center basketry class; and Ceremonial Dance Cap class that are all taught by Jacqueline
Colegrove.
“Participating in traditional ceremonies first attracted me to basketweaving,” she said. “The spiritual
and religious importance of basketry was something that
inspired me to weave.” Her first basket was a large open
weave burden basket made in preparation for her woman’s
ceremony, the Flower Dance. Since then she has made
another open weave burden basket, two miniature jump
dance baskets, a keychain and a tobacco pouch. Kayla
said, “I am now working on a ceremonial dance cap.”
Weaving ceremonial dance caps is quite an accomplishment for a young weaver and demonstrates her dedication to learning.
Kayla likes to use the butterfly design and has
compiled a notebook of known baskets and designs to
reference. “My best innovation is taking the time to learn,
which isn’t always easy to do with my busy schedule.”
Additionally, she has helped other students in her classes
with educational displays and cultural interpretive exhibits, and with language involving basketry at Hoopa
Valley High School.
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Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District
Basketry/Language Class Project
Lorencita Carpenter,
Hoopa People Newspaper Staff Writer
he idea of a basketry/language class started when
“I want to include elders in what’s going on to build
students in a basketweaving class at Hoopa Elcultural continuity so everybody keeps in touch,” said
ementary School (HES) popped in a Hupa language tape
McConnell.
created by language speaker/teacher Melodie George.
Orleans language instructor LaVerne Glaze has
“The kids were weaving and saying the words,” said
received much language help from Karuk speaker Terry
California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA)
Supahan. “I have 12 students now and they are all doing
Northwestern California Field Director Deborah
good. I am really proud of them,” said Glaze who has
McConnell.
been teaching for over 20 years.
McConnell said the idea just snapped, and from
Throw in Hoopa Tribal Radio KIDE-91.3’s support
there CIBA applied for a grant through Humboldt Area
with sound equipment and several engineering volunFoundation’s Native Cultures Fund to establish the Klateers, including Hupa speaker/student Kayla Carpenmath Trinity Joint Unified School District (KTJUSD) Baster, and all systems are go!
ketry/Language Class Project.
The goal of the project is to
The project is a collaborabe able to identify plants and
tive effort involving the School
materials, and use them in their
District, Hoopa, Yurok and
Native language. After they are
Karuk Tribes, community memrecorded, they will be transferred
bers, and CIBA. Basketry classes
to CDs and distributed to the
are held daily during school
basketry classes.
hours at Hoopa Elementary, Jack
Materials for the classes are
Norton Elementary in Pecwan,
funded by CIBA, who provide
Orleans Elementary and during
water basins, nippers for gatherdesignated times at Hoopa High
ing and basket materials for the
School. “It will be exciting when
classes. A generous community
the basketry CDs are finished
member in the Klamath River
for students to listen to during
area donated a portion of her
their classes,” said McConnell.
hazel patch for the students to
She anticipates that the language
come and pick from.
LaVerne Glaze (Karuk) with students.
CDs will be complete this sumAlthough the process may
mer. McConnell said, “Kayla Carpenter developed the
have been a long one for all involved, McConnell said she
Hupa and Yurok vocabulary list for the project and did
has learned a great deal herself. “I learn something new
an excellent job. She has provided us with a starting
every time I make a basket. It doesn’t just come to you,”
point.”
said McConnell who has been weaving for over 30 years.
Long-time weaver Jackie Colegrove teaches at
The grant runs for a full year and McConnell has
Hoopa High School (HHS) and HES, and Hupa speakers
already said she is planning to request an extension for
Billy Carpenter, Salish-chi-tawn Jackson and Sonny Pratt
a second year. At that time, CIBA will be looking for
are helping develop the Hupa language curriculum for
another grant to continue the program.
the project.
“Everybody, Laura Lee [George], and the school
“Billy Carpenter stressed how important it is to
district have been awesome. They’ve been a really big
preserve the language,” said McConnell, who is also
help,” said McConnell of the project participants. “The
attending Hupa language classes. “I want to know for
project wouldn’t have happened without everyone helpmyself. I want to remember things better and there’s
ing out. It was really cool. I just let people know that we
something about when you’re weaving and speaking the
were planning to do this and they just volunteered.”
language.”
Although the project is setup for KTJUSD students
McConnell has been instrumental in assisting firstonly, those community members who are interested in
time teacher Florenia Kenta, who instructs Jack Norton
learning are encouraged to attend the open classes taught
Elementary students. Leo Canez is working with Yurok
by instructor Jackie Colegrove on Tuesday evenings at
elders Ollie Foseide, Ilene Figueroa and Georgianna
the Hoopa Youth Center.
Trull to develop the Yurok curriculum for the project.
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Events
Classes
Ongoing
Chaw'se—Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park
14881 Pine Grove-Volcano Rd., Pine Grove.
Basketweaving demonstrations on second Saturday of
the month. 209/296-7488.
▲ Ongoing
Grace Hudson Museum
431 S. Main St., Ukiah. New long-term exhibit of nearly
90 Pomo baskets, featuring the work of more than 30
different weavers. Wed.–Sat. 10 am–4:30 pm; Sun. noon–
4:30 pm. Free. (707) 467-2836.
▲ Ongoing
Mendocino County Museum
400 E. Commercial St., Willits. Wed.–Sun., 10 am–4:30
pm. Exhibits on Pomo baskets & basketweavers. Free
admission. 707/459-2739, <[email protected]>.
▲ Ongoing
Sierra Mono Indian Museum
Roads 225 & 228, North Fork. Tues.–Sat . 9 am–4 pm.
Adults $3, Seniors $2, Students $1. (559) 877-2115.
▲ Through October 31
Woven Legacy: A Collection of Dat-so-la-lee Works, 1900–
1921
Gatekeeper's Museum, 130 West Lake Blvd., Tahoe City.
Open May to October, call for hours. Adults $3, Seniors
$2, children $1 (age 5 & under free). For more information visit <www.northtahoemuseums.org> or call (530)
583-1762.
▲ October 28-29
Hands Weaving Memories—Association of Michigan
Basketmakers 2005 Convention
Grand Traverse Resort, Acme, Michigan. 9 am–5 pm. $5
each day, non-members. For more info contact Nancy
Carlson at <[email protected]> or (989) 772-3069
or Pam Talsky at <[email protected]> or (262) 5342478.
▲
Cahuilla Basket Making Workshop
Instructor: Donna Largo (Cahuilla)
July 18-22. Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts Program, 52500 Temecula Rd, Idyllwild. Learn to make a
basket of yucca, sumac, juncus & deer grass. Includes
field trip to Cahuilla Reservation for plant identification
and preparation. Enrollment limited to 10 students. Tuition: $495; Fee: $25 includes materials, field trip transportation & use of tools in class. Call (951) 659-2171 for
more info or visit <www.idyllwildarts.org>.
Workshop on Southern California Indian Basketry
July 30 in Indio. August 13 in Riverside. A one-day class
introducing the materials & techniques of Southern California Indian basketry. 9am–4pm. $75. For more info
contact UC Riverside Extension at (951) 827-2655; email
<[email protected]> or <www.UCRExtension.net>.
Opportunity
he Flintridge Foundation established the "Awards for
Visual Artists" to support California, Oregon & Washington artists of the highest merit. The program is designed
to encourage mature visual artists to continue their work, to
provide a meaningful financial award, and to bring recognition to artists who have been producing work of high
artistic merit for twenty or more years but who have not
received a level of recognition corresponding to their merit.
Through this program, the foundation distributes
biennial grants of $25,000 to five artists from California and
five artists from Oregon/Washington. The application for
the 2005/2006 awards is an online form that is available at
<www.flintridgefoundation.org>. Deadline is June 30, 2005.
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Will You Be
a CIBA Board Member?
Book
Precious Cargo
IBA's board elections are coming up in July and several seats are up for re-election. If you are a California
Indian basketweaver and CIBA member, have you thought
about running for a seat on the Board of Directors? If so,
please let us know at the 2005 Gathering or contact the CIBA
office by June 30th so that we can send you an application.
The Board of Directors is responsible for making
major decisions effecting CIBA and for setting the
organization's policies. Board members also act as the initial
planners and hosts for our annual Gatherings.
Terms are for two years and board members are
required to attend four board meetings held each year. In
addition, members serve on sub-committees and represent
CIBA as needed at events, meetings and conferences.
We hope you'll consider running!
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California Indian Cradle Baskets
& Childbirth Traditions
by Brian Bibby
with an essay by Craig D. Bates
176 pages • 8" x 9.5" • 64 color &
black & white images • Published
by Heyday Books in collaboration with the Marin Museum of
the American Indian • $22.50 •
Now available through CIBA—
see our products page 12.
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Newsletter #45 Spring 2005
Roadside Herbicide Use on the Increase
Vivian Parker
n late January 2005, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation released the most current pesticide use
data for the state, the Pesticide Use Report for 2003. Over
all, pesticide use continues to increase statewide. One of
the most significant areas of increased pesticide use is on
rights-of-way, or roadsides. Pesticide use on rights-ofways totaled 4,242,138 pounds, a 16 percent increase over
the previous year. The major sources of this pesticide
usage are county road maintenance departments, utility
companies, and railroads. A small proportion of this, less
than four percent, can be attributed to Caltrans for state
highway maintenance. CIBA has been actively involved
since the early 1990’s working with Caltrans to promote
the use of native plantings along highways, to control
weed problems without the use of herbicides. Caltrans is
committed to continue to reduce herbicide use on state
owned roadways.
Counties with the highest use were Los Angeles,
Kern, Fresno, and Merced Counties. The only counties
with a relatively low amount of chemical usage for roadside or rights-of-way weed control were Alpine, Mono,
Sierra, and Trinity counties.
This increase is troubling. CIBA has long had
concerns regarding roadside herbicide uses and the potential for health risks from gathering basket materials
along roadsides. Several hundred different chemicals are
reported as being used for rights-of-way. The most common herbicides used for roadside spraying are glyphosate
(in the product Roundup and others) and diuron (in the
product Karmex and others).
Roadsides are also direct conduits to streams and
other waterways. Chemicals that legally cannot be applied near streams or watercourses are nevertheless ap-
plied to roadsides, where they easily are washed into
streams after rainfall. The most commonly used rightsof-way herbicide was glyphosate (over 1.8 million pounds
were applied to roadsides in 2003).
The second most commonly used herbicide for
rights-of-way use is diuron. A 1999 study by the U.S.
Geological Survey found the herbicide diuron in 86 percent of the water samples taken from urban areas in the
Sacramento River basin. In 2003, 633,031 pounds of diuron were applied to California’s rights-of-way. This chemical is a known cancer-causing chemical, mutagen, and
immune system toxin. It is highly toxic to fish and other
aquatic species.
In many rural regions of the state, drinking water
supplies come directly from the creeks in local rural
communities where the water has not been tested for
chemical contamination. Most people are not aware that
toxic chemicals are being routinely applied to the roadsides in their communities.
CIBA is conducting further research into this
issue to determine how and where the regulatory system
has failed to protect our water supplies, native plants and
wildlife that are impacted by this ever increasing chemical trespass. The CIBA Pesticide Use Report will outline
this and other issues of concern to California Indian
basket weavers. For more information about this or other
resource protection issues, please call CIBA’s Resource
Policy Analyst, Vivian Parker, at (530) 622-8718.
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The California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Pesticide
Use Report data base can be accessed on the web at: <http://
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/purmain.htm>.
Southern California Luiseño Baskets
A Study of 76 Luiseño Baskets in the Riverside Municipal Museum
A Book by Justin Farmer
shipping and handling charges. ($3 for the first book and 50¢
for each additional book in the same order.) Sales tax will not
be charged for dealers who furnish a current, valid resale
permit number with their order.
There is a 40% discount for orders of 5 or more books
($29.97 + $2.32 tax + shipping & handling). The author will
sign books upon request.
CIBA members will receive a 10% discount ($35.96 + tax
+ S&H) if the book is delivered to a private party and your
order mentions reading about it in Roots & Shoots!
Order directly from: The Justin Farmer Foundation,
1954 Evergreen Ave., Fullerton, CA 92835, (714) 256-1260.
n August, 2004, the US Postal Service issued a pane of ten
37-cent postage stamps entitled "Art of the American Indian." One of these stamps depicts a Luiseño basket from the
collection of the Riverside Municipal Museum in Riverside
County, California. To celebrate that event, Dr. Vince Moses,
Director of the Riverside Municipal Museum, mounted an
exhibit of many of the Luiseño baskets in the museum's
collection and Justin Farmer was asked to prepare a catalog.
The 112-page, 8.5" x 11", cloth bound book contains 110
color photos and detailed descriptions of 76 baskets, most of
which were collected in the 1890–1900 era, before the influence of the buying frenzy that began circa 1900.
Retail rice is $39.95 plus 7.75% California sales tax and
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Newsletter #45 Spring 2005
U.S. Forest Service Proposes New
Special Forest Products Policy
Jennifer Kalt
alifornia Indian basketweavers and gatherers
throughout the state rely on National Forest lands
to provide a variety of native plants for basketry materials, as well as plants used for ceremony, medicine, and
traditional foods. Without these materials, today’s weavers would not be able to make the beautiful baskets that
are essential to perpetuating Native American cultures.
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a new
national policy on Special Forest Products and Botanical
Forest Products that would increase fees for gathering
these plants from National Forest lands. This policy
could improve regulation of commercial harvesting of
beargrass, mushrooms, and other economically valuable
forest products, which can lead to over harvesting and
conflicts with tribal gatherers. Unfortunately, the current
draft only extends fee waivers to treaty tribes, so California Indians would have to pay fees to gather more than
$20 worth of plant material.
Under the current policy, gathering for personal
use is free, and only commercial harvesting requires a
permit. The draft policy recognizes the federal
government’s obligation to provide products free of
charge to Indian tribes with reserved treaty gathering
rights, but does not include fee waivers for non-treaty
tribes or non-federally recognized tribes.
CIBA’s position, based on the experiences and
desires of our members and other traditional Native
gatherers, is that California Indians should have the right
to gather for traditional cultural purposes without fees or
permits on publicly managed lands. Furthermore, we
believe that the U.S. Forest Service has a trust responsibility to California Indians to grant free access to those
plants, and to prevent uncontrolled exploitation by commercial collectors of plants used by traditional gatherers.
In the mid-19th century, many treaties with California tribes were negotiated by Indian agents representing the federal government, but Congress never ratified
these treaties. As a result, many California tribes lost
control of their ancestral territories and have not retained
the treaty rights retained by tribes in other states, including access to federally-managed lands for hunting, fishing, and gathering plants. However, federal law and
tribal sovereignty policies state that tribes retain all rights
not specifically signed away. Therefore, non-treaty tribes
and non-federally recognized tribes should include the
same fee waivers for traditional gathering as are proposed for treaty tribes. Native American gathering rights
and federal trust responsibility should apply to all Native Americans, not only those protected by treaties or
federal recognition.
Some were granted small amounts of land that
are insufficient for perpetuating cultural traditions such
as basketweaving. The Karuk Tribe of northwestern California is one of the largest tribes in the state, yet owns so
little land that Karuk basketweavers rely almost entirely
on National Forest lands for traditional basketweaving
materials. Nearly 95% of the Karuk ancestral territory is
managed by the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests.
The rest of the Karuk territory is mainly in private hands,
with less than 1% currently owned by Karuk tribal members.
“It’s critical that we (Karuk) and other tribes
without land bases have an avenue open to gather on
public land, especially if they are living in their ancestral
territory,” says Renée Stauffer, Karuk basketweaver and
gatherer, and one of CIBA’s newly-elected board members.
CIBA strongly supports adding language to this
policy that would grant fee waivers for non-treaty tribes
as well as non-federally recognized tribes. We believe that
California Indian traditional gathering should be recognized and treated separately from collecting and harvesting of Special Forest Products. While there may be some
sale or trade by Native people of finished baskets or
materials gathered for traditional purposes, traditional
gathering as practiced by contemporary gatherers is clearly
not a commercial enterprise.
The California Department of Parks and Recreation has established a precedent in allowing California
Indian traditional gathering as part of California’s cultural continuity and heritage preservation program. The
state parks’ policy is as follows:
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California Indian Basketweavers Association
The public benefits each and every time a California
Indian makes a basket or continues any other cultural tradition
since the action helps perpetuate the tradition….as part of the
State’s historic preservation effort.1
The draft policy has been distributed for tribal
consultation, and a public comment period is expected
sometime later this year. The Cleveland National Forest
held a meeting on May 10 in Escondido to discuss
basketweavers’ concerns with representatives of the Forest Service from Washington, D.C. For more information,
including the draft policy and CIBA's comments to the
Forest Service, visit CIBA's website at <www.ciba.org>.
California Department of Parks and Recreation Form
DPR-864, Native California Indian Gathering Permit
application.
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Beautiful & sturdy coffee mug is black
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BOOK: WEAVING A CALIFORNIA TRADITION
Written by Linda Yamane and illustrated with
photographs by Dugan Aguilar, Lerner Press.
This book follows Carly Tex, 11-year old W.
Mono girl, through the process of making a
basket and entering it in the Basketweavers
Showcase at the 1994 California Indian
Basketweavers Gathering.
Hard cover only. $16
CIBA VIDEO or DVD
From the Roots:
California Indian Basketweavers
CATALOG: THE FINE ART OF
CALIFORNIA INDIAN
BASKETRY
114 page catalogue for 1996
exhibit of the same name. Introductory articles and color
photos of 62 baskets with
commentary by basketry experts and Native Californian
artists and scholars. Published by Crocker Art Museum
in conjunction with Heyday
Books. $21.50
In their own words, basketweavers speak of the
baskets, the plants and the importance of
basketweaving, as well as the challenges they face
in carrying on the tradition for future generations.
Topics include Basketweavers Gatherings, CIBA,
work with agencies and museums, issues of access and pesticides. VHS Format or DVD, color,
28 minutes. $22/24
BASKETWEAVERS RESOURCE DIRECTORY 2002
Produced and published by CIBA.
A listing of California Indian traditional
basketweavers who provide services such as
teaching; demonstrating; speaking; identification,
appraisal and repair of baskets; and those who
have or can make baskets for sale. Indexed by
name, tribal affiliation and geographic location.
$4
CARDS
Photos by Richard Simpson of Maidu
weaver Lizzie Enos’ basket and hands
and Dugan Aguilar’s “Roundhouse
and Clouds” taken at the 1993 California Indian Basketweavers Gathering. 5” X 7”; blank inside; envelopes
included. Sold individually or in sets
of 4 (two of each card).
$1.75 each $6/set of 4
#1 Hands
#2 Roundhouse
Precious Cargo:California Indian Cradle Baskets &
Childbirth Traditions
By Brian Bibby with an essay
by Craig D. Bates. 176 pages;
8" x 9.5"; 64 color & black &
white images. Published by
Heyday Books in collaboration
with the Marin Museum of the
American Indian. $22.50
WESTERN REGIONAL
INDIGENOUS BASKETWEAVERS
GATHERING REPORT
CIBA PRODUCTS...
2004 CIBA T-Shirt
Through the Eyes of a Basketweaver
A special report on the Western Regional Indigenous
Basketweavers Gathering held
in June, 1999 at Rancho
San Rafael Park in Reno, Nevada, sponsored by CIBA.
Produced by the staff of News
from Native California. $3
Vivien Hailstone (1913-2000)
WESTERN REGIONAL
INDIGENOUS BASKETWEAVERS
RESOURCE DIRECTORY
Sale of this video/DVD supports the
This video gives insight into one aspect of the late Vivien Hailstone's life—
baskets. A skilled weaver and active
supporter of CIBA, we see through her
eyes the importance of baskets and
their connection to the rhythm of life.
(21 minutes) Specify VHS or DVD
Members: $22
Non-Members: $24
To purchase, use product order form
at the bottom of this page.
Featuring artwork by Lyn Risling.
Colors: Black, cornflower blue &
natural. Sizes: S, M ,L, XL $16/18
2X, 3X $18/20
2003 CIBA T-Shirt
Vivien Hailstone Memorial Fund
For donation to the fund, use this form:
I would like to support basketry students & teachers of California Indian basketweaving traditions through a contribution to
the Vivien Hailstone Memorial Fund.
Please accept my donation of $___________
Print name: ___________________________________
Artwork by Deborah McConnell,
natural color 100% cotton.
Sizes: M, L, XL, XXL
S, M ,L, XL $14/16
2X, 3X $16/18
Produced and published by
CIBA. A listing of Western Regional Indian traditional
basketweavers. Same features
as the California Basketweavers
Resource Directory, see description on opposite page. $5
Make checks payable to: CIBA
Memo your check: Hailstone Fund
California Indian Basketweavers Association
PO Box 2397, Nevada City, CA 95959 Phone: (530) 272-5500
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CIBA Vision Statement
The purpose of the California Indian Basketweavers Association is to preserve, promote & perpetuate
California Indian basketweaving traditions. CIBA accomplishes this in the following ways:
By promoting & providing opportunities for California Indian basketweavers to pursue the study of traditional
basketry techniques & forms & showcase their work
▲ By establishing rapport & working with public agencies & other groups in order to provide a healthy physical,
social, cultural, spiritual & economic environment for the practice of California Indian basketry
▲ By increasing California Indian access to traditional cultural resources on public & tribal lands &
traditional gathering sites, and encouraging the reintroduction of such resources & designation of gathering areas
on such lands
▲ By raising awareness & providing education for Native Americans, the public, public agencies, arts, educational
& environmental groups of the artistry, practices & concerns of Native American basketweavers
▲ By promoting solidarity & broadening communication among Native American basketweavers and with other
indigenous traditional artists
▲ By monitoring public & private land use & encouraging those management practices that protect & conserve
traditional Native resources
▲ By monitoring & discouraging pesticide use in traditional & potential gathering areas for the safety of weavers,
gatherers & others in tribal communities
▲ By doing all of the above in a manner which respects our Elders & Mother Earth
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Membership
There are two categories of membership, VOTING MEMBER & ASSOCIATE MEMBER. Please select one category,
below. Persons who are of California Indian descent and practice traditional California Indian basketry are eligible to
join as VOTING MEMBERS. Anyone else who supports the purposes of CIBA is invited to join as an ASSOCIATE
MEMBER. Associate memberships begin at $15. Checks should be made payable to "CIBA".
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I am a California Indian basketweaver. As a VOTING MEMBER of CIBA, I hereby verify that I am of
California Indian descent & that I make baskets using California Indian traditional techniques & materials.
Signature_________________________________________________________ Date_______________
I would like to join at the rate indicated below. Check one: ___ New
___ $0 Elder (60+)
___ $10 Low Income
___ $25 Basic
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___ $45 Supporting
___ $75 Sustaining
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as an ASSOCIATE MEMBER at the rate indicated below. Check one: ___ New ___ Renewing
___ $15 Student/Low-income
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___ $50 Supporting
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___ $100 Benefactor
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All members please complete the following: Name _____________________________________________________
Tribe(s), if any________________________________________________________________________________________
Address_______________________________________________________________________________zip___________
Phone (______)___________________Skills/Time I could offer the CIBA: _____________________________________
Send to: CIBA, PO Box 2397, Nevada City, CA 95959 Phone: 530/272-5500
New & Renewing CIBA Members
New & Renewing Members 1/15/2005—5/17/2005
Associate Members
Lavina Adams, Southeast
Alaska Tlingit
Valerie Arias, Tongva (Tiat
Society)
Juliet Barton
Robert Benada*
Judith Bishop
Margot Bohanon, Mt. Maidu
Anne Bredon*
Catherine Cardozo*
Catherine Chambers
Allewah Chancellor
John Christensen*
Richard Clemmer-Smith
Charlette Coats
Carolyn & Sharon Cole
Michael Connolly, Campo
Kumeyaay
Dorathy Cooper
Carol Cox
Rannell Dahl
Anna Darden
Deirdrek Davis
Donna Donoghue
Jimmu J.E. Friedmann*
Thomas Good
Judy Jardim Greenhouse
R. J. Greensfelder*
Jane Haladay
Jennifer Heller-Zurick
Kathy Hieb*
Leslie Hill
Valerie Holladay, Wakchumni
Humboldt County
Historical Society
Rachel Johansen
Pamela Johnston*
Rick Kampa
David Kasmire
John Kipping
Nancy Kittle*
Jeanne Kurtz*
Katherine Laffan*
Charlotte LaRoy*
Lauren Rogers Museum of
Art Library
Tsianina Lomawaima*
Ernie Malamud and Oliva
Diaz*
Frank Marotta*
Loyda S. Marquez,
Tlaxcala/Otomi*
Adrianne Micco, Seminole
& Creek Choctaw
Maryanne Mott & Herman
Warsh*
Jana Norton*
Kay Osborn*
Karen Osland
Robert Parvin &
Sieglinde Isham
Marcus Peters, Saginaw
Chippewa Tribe Of Michigan*
Beth Porter*
Herb Puffer*
Daniel Rael*
Kerry Richardson
James Rock
Jan Rose
Paula Sauvageau
Marianne Schonfisch*
Judy Schulman
Susie Shamblin-Smith,
Cherokee*
George Snyder, Choctaw/
Navajo*
Madeline Solomon
Nadine Spier
Hazel Taylor
Christine Thatcher
Susie Thomas*
Shirley & Gene Thomas
Jan Timbrook*
Holly Tornheim*
Del Troy
United Auburn Indian
Community*
Cheryl Van De Veer
Lisa Vaughn*
Valerie Whitworth*
Emily Wright & Ernest Isaacs*
Eleanor Zak
Sandra Zoerner
Elder Members
Nadine Cribbins, Lytton
Band of Pomo Indians*
Ernestine DeSoto, Chumash
Barbareño*
Elsie Ebargaray, Juaneño
Band of Mission Indians
Acjachemen Nation*
Della Hern*
Rosalind Koscak, Juaneño/
Acjachemen*
Paula McCarthy, Karuk*
Marian Walkingstick,
Juaneño (Ajachemem)*
April Jackson-Diwald, Pomo/
Concow*
Jan Lopez, Yurok/Karuk
Helen Maldonado, Kashaya
Pomo
Jennifer Malone, Wukchumni/
Tachi
Nona Martinez, Misehwal
Wappo
Rosalie McCracken,
Costanoan-Rumsen Carmel
Tribe
Marty Meeden, Paiute/Washoe
Theda Molina, La Jolla Luiseño*
Sandra Montgomery, Pomo
Voting Members
Janet Morehead, Karuk
Monica Arce-Archuletta,
Sheila Moreno, Me-Wuk/Mono*
Juaneño-Luiseño-Jicarilla*
Deborah Morillo, Salinan/
Lavina Brooks, Yurok/
Chumash
Karuk/Tolowa
Charlene Naef, Karuk
Eileen Brown, Pomo Tribal
Linda Navarro, Cahuilla-Shasta
Member
Tara Painter, Western Shoshone
Susan Campbell, Maidu/
Stephanie Painter, Shoshone/
Pit River*
Washoe
Allyn Coburn, Yugia
Iris Picton, Pomo/Concow
Ashley Cribbins, Lytton
Lillian Rentz, Karuk/Yurok
Band of Pomo Indians
Kristina Rivera, Chumash
Charmine Devers, Mesa
Dixie Rogers, Karuk/Modoc
Grande Band of Mission
Jacquelyn Ross, Jenner Pomo/
Indians (Diegueno)*
Coast Mewuk*
Geneva Fitzsimmons,
Eva Salazar, Kumeyaay
Luiseño - La Jolla Reservation
Jeri Scambler, Miwok
Jeri Forga, Miwok
Bessie Shorty, Yurok
Zora Franco, Tule River Yokuts Monique Sonoquie, Chumash
Amanda Geisdorff, Maidu
Allison Stevenot, Northern
David Gensaw Sr., Yurok
Sierra Mewok
Jennifer Goodwin, Karuk
Amora Stevenot, Northern
Janet Hall, Coastal Band of
Mewuk
Chumash Nation
Kimberly Stevenot, MewukMarla Hunsucker, Hupa/Yurok Tuolumne
Michelle LaPena, Pit River,
Deborah Super, Yurok/Pomo
Maidu and Cahuilla*
Raqael Williams, Miwuk
Katherine LasCano,
Phyllis Wilson, Pit River-Asuge
Costanoan/Ohlone Rumsen
* denotes Supporting Member
Carmel Tribe
Anne Jackson Lopez, Pomo/
Cupeño/Lusieño
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he California Arts Council has been a staunch sup-porter of CIBA over the years.
But in these difficult times, when CAC's budget has been slashed by nearly 95%, we
can make a difference by purchasing the Arts License Plate. This license plate supports arts
programs in California schools, neighborhoods, and communities. For ordering information and Frequently Asked Questions, go to the Arts License Plate section of the CAC
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PO Box 2397, Nevada City, CA 95959
NONPROFIT
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See address label for membership expiration date.
Please send us your new address to avoid delays & added expense to CIBA.
The Riverside Municipal Museum
Welcomes CIBA Members
hy not break up your drive to or from the CIBA
Gathering at Pala with a stop in beautiful Riverside? The Riverside Municipal Museum is
located downtown, just a few short blocks
from the 215/91/60 freeway interchange.
There are some special baskets waiting for
you.
Come see the first Native American
basket to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp.
This Luiseño basket, made at the La Jolla
Reservation in the 1890s, will be displayed
alongside the “Art of the American Indian”
stamp panel.
The current exhibition “American Indian Baskets from Death Valley” will be extended in honor of the CIBA Gathering. These exquisite
Panamint baskets are truly a treat to see. Additional
display cases will be filled with more Southern California
baskets chosen from the Museum’s collection. By bringing out some of these basketry treasures especially for the
W
Gathering attendees, the RMM hopes to gain a higher
profile among weavers. “Making these baskets available
for weavers to enjoy creates a wonderful opportunity to forge a link between the Museum
and CIBA,” says Dr. Brenda Focht, Curator of
Collections.
The Riverside Municipal Museum is
located at 3580 Mission Inn Avenue. From
215/91, exit Mission Inn Avenue, and head
west 2 blocks. From 60, exit Market St., go
south, then turn left on Mission Inn Ave. The
Museum is at the southeast corner of Mission
Inn Ave. and Orange St. Admission is FREE.
Hours: Tuesday–Friday 9:00–5:00, Saturday
10:00–5:00, Sunday 11:00–5:00. (951) 826-5273
or <www.riversideca.gov/museum>.
Luiseño Basket US postage stamp in "Art of the American
Indian" series. Basket is made of split sumac and natural &
black-dyed juncus on a grass foundation; probably dates to the
1890s. Riverside Municipal Museum.