Description
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
This exhibition features several interpretive components including:
- Curriculum for School Groups
- Family Activity Guide
- Docent Training Manual
Specs
- Audience:
- General, School Groups, Families
- Rental Fee:
- Retired
- Size:
- Approximately 1,000 square feet
- Security:
- Moderate
Exhibit Components:
- 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
Schedule and Availability
Past Dates | |
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 – October 31, 2012 | Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Riverside |
February 10, 2013 – April 7, 2013 | Museum of History & Art, Ontario |
October 5, 2013 – January 5, 2014 | |
January 19, 2014 – March 23, 2014 | Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton |
April 17, 2014 – May 8, 2014 | Goudi’ni Native American Arts Gallery, HSU Art Department |
June 8, 2014 – August 3, 2014 | Available |
August 17, 2014 – October 12, 2014 | Imperial Valley Desert Museum, Ocotillo |
October 26, 2014 – December 21, 2014 | Old Orange County Courthouse Museum, Santa Ana |
January 4, 2015 – March 1, 2015 | Hi-Desert Museum, Yucca Valley |
March 15, 2015 – May 10, 2015 | Available |
May 24, 2015 – July 19, 2015 | Available |
February 18, 2016 – September 30, 2016 | John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley |
November 13, 2016 – April 16, 2017 | Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos |