Everything Yucca
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Jun 03
Starts: June 3, 2012 @ 11:00 am
Ends: June 3, 2012 @ 4:00 pm
Place: Mt Wilson Red Box Road, Pasadena, CA 91101, (Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center)
Open to the Public
Everything Yucca Workshop is designed to individuals the rare opportunity to learn traditional and contemporary Native American plant usage for food and medicine and to gain an understanding of the rich cultural of the Native people.
Barbara Drake is a member of the Ti’at (canoe) Society of the Gabrielino (Tongva) tribe and has served as secretary of the Tribal Council. She is a member of Mother Earth Clan, a group of Native American woman educators who give cultural presentation on Southern California Indians in schools, museums and other venues throughout the region. She teaches Native California Lifeways at UC Riverside Extension and Native Plants for Food and Medicine at the Idyllwild Arts Summer program. Barbara is a consultant to museums, native centers, and libraries and is involved in setting up cultural exhibitions and living histories that reflect early California Indian lifestyles.