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Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider: A California Indian Feast
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AUDIENCE: General, School Groups, Families
RENTAL FEE: $5,000 + shipping for an 8-week booking
SIZE: Approximately 1,200 square feet
SECURITY: High
An exploration of traditional hunting, collecting, food preparation and food preservation by California Indian cultures from all regions of the state.
Curated by Dr. Sherrie Smith-Ferri (Dry Creek Pomo/Bodega Bay Miwok) and based on the Heyday Books publication of the same name by Margaret Dubin and Sara-Larus Tolley (2008). Organized by the Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House, Ukiah.
Exhibition Themes:
- Celebrates traditional California Indian food sources
- Showcases the extensive and sophisticated system of environmental knowledge underlying California Indian use of food resources
- Emphasizes the importance and continuing use of native foods in contemporary California Indian communities
- Examines contemporary issues of food localization, sustainability, nutrition and environmental health through an alternative, older lens
The exhibition includes:
- Historic and contemporary California Indian baskets and other artifacts used to hunt, gather and process California Indian native foods
- Historic and contemporary framed photographs of California Indian peoples gathering, preparing, and enjoying traditional food
- Large format framed contemporary photographs of California Indian food resources
- Text panels and object labels
- Tear off recipe pads of some ways to enjoy California Indian foods
- Preserved or processed examples of types of California Indian foods (jars of kippered salmon, dried manzanita berries, dried seaweed, different types of acorns, etc.)
- Film footage of California Indian foods “in the wild” being harvested and prepared for eating
This exhibition features several interpretive components including:
- Curriculum for School Groups
- Family Activity Guide
- Docent Training Manual
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TOP: Exhibition at the Grace Hudson Museum MIDDLE: Manzanita berries, Deborah Small MIDDLE LEFT: Winnowing Manzanita MIDDLE RIGHT: Exhibit Graphic ABOVE: Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider title panel |
SCHEDULE & AVAILABILITY:
| July 10, 2010 – October 31, 2010 |
Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah |
| July 31, 2011 – September 25, 2011 |
The Haggin Museum, Stockton |
| October 9, 2011 – December 4, 2011 |
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, Palm Springs |
| December 18, 2011 – April 27, 2012 |
Maidu Museum, Roseville |
| May 10, 2012 – September 9, 2012 |
Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Riverside |
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| September 23, 2012 – November 18, 2012 |
AVIALABLE |
| December 2, 2012 – January 27, 2013 |
AVAILABLE |
| February 10, 2013 – April 7, 2013 |
Museum of History & Art, Ontario |
| April 21, 2013 – June 16, 2013 |
Hayward Area Historical Society, Hayward |
| June 30, 2013 – August 25, 2013 |
AVAILABLE |
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