‘elle-mak kamiš kiiy hossi makkin hinšuuš ‘oššekma riinihmu – Let us tell you how we Ohlones view the stars above us.
Tag: traditional ecological knowledge
Winter Issue 2021
Reading the Landscape for Fire
In the beginning, fire burned the world. Don Hankins’ Plains Miwok ancestors passed on this understanding of fire through generations, and he draws from it as a traditional cultural practitioner pyrogeographer when burning landscapes in California.
Fire
Where There’s Good Fire, There’s Good Smoke
To prevent megafires, we need more fire. But that also means learning more about smoke.
History
How Do People Know About Nature?
Western science and indigenous knowledge are often presented as conflicting. Jose Gonzalez looks for areas where they converge.
Botany
The Native Plants of the Quiroste Valley
Better know some of the common plants of the Amah Mutsun world.
