Book Recommendations

• California Indians and Their Environment

  Posted July 8, 2012

  “Capturing the vitality of California’s unique indigenous cultures, this major new introduction incorporates the extensive research of the past thirty years into an illuminating, comprehensive synthesis for a wide audience. Based in part on new archaeological findings, it tells how the California Indians lived in vibrant polities, each boasting a rich village life including chiefs, [...]

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• The First Angelinos: The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles

  Posted April 11, 2012

  This is a definitive study of the pre-mission Gabrielino’s religious beliefs and practices, the structure of their society, their political system, the ways they made a living, and their elegant arts and crafts. This invaluable book, accessible to the scholar and general reader alike, is drawn from published and unpublished work of explorers, historians, archaeologists, [...]

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• Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources

  Posted April 10, 2012

  M. Kat Anderson presents a wealth of information on native land management practices gleaned in part from interviews and correspondence with Native Americans who recall what their grandparents told them about how and when areas were burned, which plants were eaten and which were used for basketry, and how plants were tended. The complex picture [...]

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• Survival Skills of Native California

  Posted April 10, 2012

  Paul Campbell reveals the knowledge he has spent twenty years learning and reproducing from California’s Natives. Included are sections on basic skills, the tools for gathering and preparing food, implements for household and personal necessity, as well as the arts of hunting and fishing. Read more at Amazon.com… If you use the link below to [...]

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