Ira Nowinski California Native American Photograph Archive

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Ira Nowinski California Native American Photograph Archive

approximately 2006-2011

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mp57rn/

An extensive survey of contemporary California Native American groups with emphasis on festivals and other gatherings which demonstrate the preservation and/or revival of traditional cultures throughout the state.

approximately 4,770 photographs

eng, Latn

Bancroft Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658524

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California Indian Basketweavers Association

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Largo, David

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David Largo (Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla) was a potter, educator, and advocate for the preservation of Native American culture. He resided on the Santa Rosa Reservation in Southern California. Largo is particularly known for his ollas (earthenware clay pots with a rounded bottom and incurving top) created with the traditional paddle and anvil method. Largo worked as a tribal cultural resources representative monitoring archaeological excavations. His mother, Donna Mae Largo, a Cahuilla elder k...

Sisquoc, Lorene

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Lorene Sisquoc (Fort Sill Apache-Mountain Cahuilla) is a curator, weaver, and educator based in Riverside, California. Curator of the Sherman Indian Museum since 1991, Sisquoc has taught basket-making and Native Plant Uses and Material Culture/Traditions at the Sherman Indian High School and throughout Southern California for many years. She co-founded the organizations Mother Earth Clan Cultural Programs and Southern California Indian Basket Weavers Organization, and sits on the board of direct...

Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians

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The Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians is a federally recognized tribe of Cahuilla, originally known as Ivilluwenetem, and are one of four Mountain Cahuilla tribes. Members of the Santa Rosa Band are the direct descendants of three Cahuilla clans – the Guanche-pakiktem, Costai-kiktem and Sawish-pakiktem – who traditionally occupied the areas of Toro Peak, Coyote Canyon/Anza Borrego, Garner Valley, Pinion, and the present-day Santa Rosa Reservation. The tribe is governed by a General Council, co...

Largo, Donna Mae, 1944-2009

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Donna Mae Largo (1944-2009) was an elder of the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, known for her work in the revitalization and preservation of Cahuilla basketry. She was a basketmaker, basketmaking educator, and medicinal plant expert. Largo co-founded the organization Nex’wetem (Southern California Indian Basket Weavers) in 2000, and co-authored the book Medicinal Plants Used by Native American Tribes In Southern California (Malki-Ballena Press, 2009). Largo was born on the Soboba Reservati...