THESE ABORIGINES FROM THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES ARE THE TRADITIONALOWNERS OF THEIR COASTAL PROPERTY THE HUIN SHAN ANCESTORS WHO SPOKE THE YUIN LANGUAGE AND HAD SEVERAL DIALECTS. THE THE COUNTRY THE YUIN ANCESTORS OCCUPY AND ENJOYED WENT FROM CAPE HOWE TO THE SHOALHAVEN RIVER AND TO THE GREAT DIVIDE.
THE POPULATION BEFORE 1788 HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 11,000 BEFORE CAPE HOWE AND BATEMAN'S BAY. IN THE 19TH CENTURY THE EPIDEMICSOF 1789 AND 1830, AS WELL AS TRIBAL BATTLES AND VENEREAL DISEASE FROM WHALERSREDUCED POPULATION TO 600.
THE YUIN ARE OWNERS OF THE WALLAGA LAKE LAND. THE PREVIOUS LAKE NATIONAL PARK IS NOW GULANGA NATIONAL PARK. MERRIMAN ISLAND IS IN WALLAGA LAKE AND IS A SACRED PLACE. IT IS THOUGHT OF AS AN ABORIGINAL HERITAGE SITE IN 1977. IT IS THOUGHT OF AS AN ABORIGINAL HERITAGE SITE IN 1977. MUMBULLA MOUNTAIN IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF A VALLEY AND IS OF CENTRAL SIGNIFICANCE IN BIAMANGA NATIONAL PARK. SOME AREAS HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS A CEREMONIAL MEETING PLACE FOR CEREMONIAL MEETINGS.MOUNT DROMEDARY IS RECENTLY RENAMED GULAGA MOUNTAIN AND IS DESCRIBED BY THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE. THE PLACE OF ANCESTRAL ORIGIN.
IN 2006 THE FREE HOLD TITLES TO GILOG AND BIAMAONGA NATIONAL PARK WERE HANDED BACK TO THE YUIN PEOPLE BY NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT. THE NATIONAL PARK WILL BE HELD FOR THE ABORIGINES.
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Friday, July 6, 2012
WATHAURONG INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA
THESE FOLKS ARE CALLED WADA WURRUNG QAND ARE INDIGENOUS TRIBE LIVING IN THE AREANEAR MELBOURNE PENNISULA. THEY ARE PART OF THE KULIN ALLIANCE. THEY SPOKE WATHAWRONG, THEY MAY BE CALLED EUROPEANS AS THE BARRABOO. A HEADMAN OR TRIBAL LEADER WAS CALLED AN ARIVEET. ARIVEET HOLD THE SAME TRIBAL AS A NGURUNGAETA.
THEY LIVE IN THE AREA FOR AT LEAST 25,000 YEARS. THEY HAVE RECORDED 140 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES WITH A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF ACTIVITY BY THESE PEOPLE. COASTAL CLANS MAY HAVE CONTACTED THE BRITISH WHEN THEY CAMPED IN THIS AREA IN 1802. THEY HAD TWENTY FIVE CLANS. THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT OF WADA WURRUNG BEGAN IN 1835 WITH A RAPID ARRIVAL OF SQUATTERS AROUND THE GEELONG AND WESTWARD. SETTLEMENT WAS MARKED BY RESISTANCE TO THE INVASION OFTEN BY DRIVING OFF OR STEALING SHEEP THAT RESULTED IN THE MASSACRE OF ABORIGINES.
VERY FEW OF THESE REPORTS WERE ACTED UPON TO BRING SETTLERS TO COURT. HISTORIANS NOTE THE PRESSURE ON THE GOLDFIELDS IN 1850. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN THE EVENTS OF THE EUREKA REBELLION IN 1854. ABORIGINAL PEOPLE MAY BE RELEVANT TO THIS REBELLION THAT TOOK PLACE IN WATHAWRONGLAND.
EARLY POLICING OF THE GOLDFIELDS WAS DONE BY NATIVE POLICE. THEY ENFORCED A COLLECTION A LICENSE FEE FROM DIGGERS. THE ABORIGINES MAY HAVE CARED FOR SOME BRITISH CHILDREN.
EACH CLAN OWNED ACCESS TO CERTAIN LANDS. THEY WERE CONNECTED THROUGH TRADING INITIATIVES. THEY LET FISH RECOVER IN A RIVER THAT HAD NO FISH. THEY USED OTHER RESOURCES. AS WITH MOST OTHER RESOURCES AND TERRITORIES THE CLAN LOCATIONS AND BORDERS ARE NO LONGER USED.
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THEY LIVE IN THE AREA FOR AT LEAST 25,000 YEARS. THEY HAVE RECORDED 140 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES WITH A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF ACTIVITY BY THESE PEOPLE. COASTAL CLANS MAY HAVE CONTACTED THE BRITISH WHEN THEY CAMPED IN THIS AREA IN 1802. THEY HAD TWENTY FIVE CLANS. THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT OF WADA WURRUNG BEGAN IN 1835 WITH A RAPID ARRIVAL OF SQUATTERS AROUND THE GEELONG AND WESTWARD. SETTLEMENT WAS MARKED BY RESISTANCE TO THE INVASION OFTEN BY DRIVING OFF OR STEALING SHEEP THAT RESULTED IN THE MASSACRE OF ABORIGINES.
VERY FEW OF THESE REPORTS WERE ACTED UPON TO BRING SETTLERS TO COURT. HISTORIANS NOTE THE PRESSURE ON THE GOLDFIELDS IN 1850. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN THE EVENTS OF THE EUREKA REBELLION IN 1854. ABORIGINAL PEOPLE MAY BE RELEVANT TO THIS REBELLION THAT TOOK PLACE IN WATHAWRONGLAND.
EARLY POLICING OF THE GOLDFIELDS WAS DONE BY NATIVE POLICE. THEY ENFORCED A COLLECTION A LICENSE FEE FROM DIGGERS. THE ABORIGINES MAY HAVE CARED FOR SOME BRITISH CHILDREN.
EACH CLAN OWNED ACCESS TO CERTAIN LANDS. THEY WERE CONNECTED THROUGH TRADING INITIATIVES. THEY LET FISH RECOVER IN A RIVER THAT HAD NO FISH. THEY USED OTHER RESOURCES. AS WITH MOST OTHER RESOURCES AND TERRITORIES THE CLAN LOCATIONS AND BORDERS ARE NO LONGER USED.
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WONNARUA INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA
THESE FOLKS ARE A GROUP OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE UNITED BY COMMON LANGUAGE AND STRONG KINSHIP. THEIR FAMILIES SPREAD ALONG INLAND AREAS THEIR NAMES MEANT PEOPLE OF THE HILLS MEANT PEOPLE OF THE HILLS AND PLAINS. THEY HAD NEIGHBORS OF ALL SIDES. THEY TRADED WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HAD CEREMONIES. THEIR CREATION SPIRIT IS BAIANI, ALSO KNOWN AS KOIN. IT IS THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS AND KEEPER OF THE VALLEY.
THE WONNARUA APPEARED TO USE A SIMILAR LANGUAGE TO THE AWABAKAL PEOPLE CALLED AWABAKAL. IT IS A LANGUAGE THAT ORAL HISTORIANS REVIEW TO DEVELOP A DICTIONARY OF THE LANGUAGE. BY 2009 THE WONNARUA NATIONHAD PLANS TO INCLUDE THE AGREEMENTS IN HEALTH EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND WELFARE TO FLOW FROM MINING RIGHTS TO VARIOUS CITIES.
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THE WONNARUA APPEARED TO USE A SIMILAR LANGUAGE TO THE AWABAKAL PEOPLE CALLED AWABAKAL. IT IS A LANGUAGE THAT ORAL HISTORIANS REVIEW TO DEVELOP A DICTIONARY OF THE LANGUAGE. BY 2009 THE WONNARUA NATIONHAD PLANS TO INCLUDE THE AGREEMENTS IN HEALTH EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND WELFARE TO FLOW FROM MINING RIGHTS TO VARIOUS CITIES.
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WIRADJURI INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA
THESE INDIANS ARE INDIGENOUS TO THESE PEOPLE. THE WIRADJURI PEOPLE ARE A GROUP OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE A COMMON LANGUAGE AND STRONG KINSHIP TIES.THEY SURVIVE AS HUNTING, FISHING AND GATHERING IN CENTRAL NEW SOUTH WALES.AS FAMILY GROUPS. IN 2000 THEY LIVE IN CITIES OF CONDOBILIAN PEAK HILL, NARANDA, GRIFFITH. THEIR NAME WIRRAAYDHWAY MEANS 'NO HAVING'. THEY HAVE 60 DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRONOUNCE THE NAME. THEY ARE THE LARGEST GROUP IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THEY OCCUPY NEW SOUTH WALES, BLUE MOUNTAINS, AND THE SOUTHWESTERN SLOPES OF THE REGION. NORMAN TINSDALE QUOTES SEVERAL OF THESE GROUPS OF THE TRIBE AS HAVING DIFFERENCES IN DIALECT INCLUDING BATHURST AND NEAR ALBURY.
THEIR LIFESTYLE AND DIET INCLUDED FISH AND COD FROM RIVERS. THEY ATE KANGAROOS AND EMUS AND GATHERED FRUIT, NUTS, AND SEEDS. AND ORCHID TUBERS, AND FRUITS. THEY WENT TO THE ALPINE AREAS TO FEAST ON MOTHS. THEY MADE POSSUM POSSUM SKIN CLOAKS. THEIR LANGUAGE HAD EFFECTIVELY DIED OUT BASED UPON EUROPEAN ANTHROPOLOGY RECORDS. THEIR ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE IS TAUGHT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THE ABORIGINES HAD VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN EUROPEAN SETTLERS. THESE LASTED BETWEEN 1821 TO 1827. THE ABORIGINES RETALIATED BY KILLING CATTLE STOCKMEN. BY 1850'S THEIR WERE LESS CLASHES.
THE WIRADJURI PEOPLE HAD A STRONG LANGUAGE AND WERE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES WHO HAD STRONG KINSHIP TIES AND SURVIVED HUNTING, FISHING, AND GATHERING GROUPS. THEY LIVE IN LARGE AREAS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THEY CAUGHT YABBIES, FISH AND COD. IN DRY SEASONS THEY ATE KANGAROOS, EMUS, AND FAST FOODS FROM THE LAND.
THE WIRADJUKI LANGUAGE HAD EFFECTIVELY DIED OUT OF EVERYDAY USE, BUT HAS BEEN RECENTLY RECLAIMED. IT IS BEING TAUGHT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THEIR TOWN OF WAGGA WAGGA COMES FROM THE MEANING CROW.
THE EUROPEANS CLASHED WITH THEM VIOLENTLY AROUND BATHHURST. THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED THE WARD. THEY LOST FISHING GROUNDS AND SITES, KILLED ABORIGINES. THIS SPEARED THE EUROPEAN CATTLE AND STOCKMEN. BY 1850 ABORIGINAL POPULATION HAD DECLINED.
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THEIR LIFESTYLE AND DIET INCLUDED FISH AND COD FROM RIVERS. THEY ATE KANGAROOS AND EMUS AND GATHERED FRUIT, NUTS, AND SEEDS. AND ORCHID TUBERS, AND FRUITS. THEY WENT TO THE ALPINE AREAS TO FEAST ON MOTHS. THEY MADE POSSUM POSSUM SKIN CLOAKS. THEIR LANGUAGE HAD EFFECTIVELY DIED OUT BASED UPON EUROPEAN ANTHROPOLOGY RECORDS. THEIR ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE IS TAUGHT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THE ABORIGINES HAD VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN EUROPEAN SETTLERS. THESE LASTED BETWEEN 1821 TO 1827. THE ABORIGINES RETALIATED BY KILLING CATTLE STOCKMEN. BY 1850'S THEIR WERE LESS CLASHES.
THE WIRADJURI PEOPLE HAD A STRONG LANGUAGE AND WERE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES WHO HAD STRONG KINSHIP TIES AND SURVIVED HUNTING, FISHING, AND GATHERING GROUPS. THEY LIVE IN LARGE AREAS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THEY CAUGHT YABBIES, FISH AND COD. IN DRY SEASONS THEY ATE KANGAROOS, EMUS, AND FAST FOODS FROM THE LAND.
THE WIRADJUKI LANGUAGE HAD EFFECTIVELY DIED OUT OF EVERYDAY USE, BUT HAS BEEN RECENTLY RECLAIMED. IT IS BEING TAUGHT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THEIR TOWN OF WAGGA WAGGA COMES FROM THE MEANING CROW.
THE EUROPEANS CLASHED WITH THEM VIOLENTLY AROUND BATHHURST. THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED THE WARD. THEY LOST FISHING GROUNDS AND SITES, KILLED ABORIGINES. THIS SPEARED THE EUROPEAN CATTLE AND STOCKMEN. BY 1850 ABORIGINAL POPULATION HAD DECLINED.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
TIWI ISLAND INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA
THESE FOLKS LIVE IN NORTH TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA WHERE THE SEA JOINS THE TIMOR SEA. IT HAS ABOUT 8300 SQ. KM. THERE ARE ABOUT 2500 TIWI HERE. THE TIWI LAND COUNCIL IS ONE IN FOUR IN THIS TERRITORY. THEY HAVE A FERRY THAT GIVES THEM ACCESS TO ALL ISLANDS SINCE 2011.
THEY ARE INHABITED FERRY THAT GIVES THEM ACCESS TO ALL ACCESS ISLANDS SINCE 2011.THEY ARE INHABITED BY THE TIWI PEOPLE BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THEY ARE CULTURALLY DISTINCT FROM THOSE OF ARNHEM LAND ON THE MAINLAND JUST ACROSS WATER. THEY NUMBER AROUND 2500. IN 2006 THE TOTAL POPULATION OF 2500. IN 2006 THE TOTAL POPULATION WAS 2100. MOST FOLKS SPEAK TIWI AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE AND SOME KNOW ENGLISH. THEY HAVE SEVERAL SMALLER ISLANDS. THEY HAVE OCCUPIED THE TIWI ISLANDS FOR CENTURIES WITH CREATION STORIES SUGGESTING THEY WERE PRESENT AT LEAST 7000 YEARS AGO. THEY WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE MACASSAN TRADERS, THE DUTCH, FRENCH AND BRITISH VISITED AND EXPLORED THERE AREA. IN 1824 THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT CAME HERE, BUT ONLY LASTED 5 YEARS AS THE TIWI WERE HOSTILE TO THEM.
A CATHOLIC MISSION WAS ESTABLISHED WAS ESTABLISHED BY BY FRANCES GSELL AND THE ISLANDS WERE AN ABORIGINAL RESERVE IN 1912. A CATHOLIC MISSION THRIVED UNTIL 1972 AND PROVIDED INVALUABLE EDUCATION TO THE TIWI PEOPLE. THEY ALSO TAUGHT AGRICULTURE AND MANY FOLKS LEARNED TO DEVELOP CROPS TO SELL. THE TIWI COUNCIL WAS FOUNDED IN 1978. THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSFERRED THE ISLANDS TO THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS THROUGH THE TIWI LAND TRUST.
THEY CREATED THREE ART CENTERS THAT COLLABORATE A COOPERATIVE VENTURE. THEY ALSO HAVE A FABRIC DESIGN PRINTING AND CLOTHING BUSINESS OPERATED BY INDIGENOUS WOMEN SINCE 1969. SOME OF THEIR FOLKS HAVE HELD INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS.
THEY MAKE A LOT OF WOOD CARVINGS OF BIRDS BY TIWI PEOPLE. SOME OF THESE ARE IN THERE GALLERIES AND HAVE INTRICATE DESIGNS. SOME OF THEIR BIRDS TELL OF APROACHING MONSDOONS WHILE OTHERS WARN OF CYCLONES. OTHERS ALERT THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A CLAN. THERE ARE OTHERS WHO REPRESENT ANCESTRAL BEINGS ACCORDING TO MYTHOLOGY AND THEY CHANGED INTO BIRDS. THEY CARVE BIRDS AND PLACE THEM AT SACRED BURIAL SITES. THE TIWI PEOPLE CREATE MANY OF THEIR DESIGNS ON FABRIC WITH WAX AND RESIST DYING - LIKE BATIK. THEY PLAY FOOTBALL AND CRICKETT.
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THEY ARE INHABITED FERRY THAT GIVES THEM ACCESS TO ALL ACCESS ISLANDS SINCE 2011.THEY ARE INHABITED BY THE TIWI PEOPLE BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THEY ARE CULTURALLY DISTINCT FROM THOSE OF ARNHEM LAND ON THE MAINLAND JUST ACROSS WATER. THEY NUMBER AROUND 2500. IN 2006 THE TOTAL POPULATION OF 2500. IN 2006 THE TOTAL POPULATION WAS 2100. MOST FOLKS SPEAK TIWI AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE AND SOME KNOW ENGLISH. THEY HAVE SEVERAL SMALLER ISLANDS. THEY HAVE OCCUPIED THE TIWI ISLANDS FOR CENTURIES WITH CREATION STORIES SUGGESTING THEY WERE PRESENT AT LEAST 7000 YEARS AGO. THEY WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE MACASSAN TRADERS, THE DUTCH, FRENCH AND BRITISH VISITED AND EXPLORED THERE AREA. IN 1824 THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT CAME HERE, BUT ONLY LASTED 5 YEARS AS THE TIWI WERE HOSTILE TO THEM.
A CATHOLIC MISSION WAS ESTABLISHED WAS ESTABLISHED BY BY FRANCES GSELL AND THE ISLANDS WERE AN ABORIGINAL RESERVE IN 1912. A CATHOLIC MISSION THRIVED UNTIL 1972 AND PROVIDED INVALUABLE EDUCATION TO THE TIWI PEOPLE. THEY ALSO TAUGHT AGRICULTURE AND MANY FOLKS LEARNED TO DEVELOP CROPS TO SELL. THE TIWI COUNCIL WAS FOUNDED IN 1978. THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSFERRED THE ISLANDS TO THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS THROUGH THE TIWI LAND TRUST.
THEY CREATED THREE ART CENTERS THAT COLLABORATE A COOPERATIVE VENTURE. THEY ALSO HAVE A FABRIC DESIGN PRINTING AND CLOTHING BUSINESS OPERATED BY INDIGENOUS WOMEN SINCE 1969. SOME OF THEIR FOLKS HAVE HELD INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS.
THEY MAKE A LOT OF WOOD CARVINGS OF BIRDS BY TIWI PEOPLE. SOME OF THESE ARE IN THERE GALLERIES AND HAVE INTRICATE DESIGNS. SOME OF THEIR BIRDS TELL OF APROACHING MONSDOONS WHILE OTHERS WARN OF CYCLONES. OTHERS ALERT THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A CLAN. THERE ARE OTHERS WHO REPRESENT ANCESTRAL BEINGS ACCORDING TO MYTHOLOGY AND THEY CHANGED INTO BIRDS. THEY CARVE BIRDS AND PLACE THEM AT SACRED BURIAL SITES. THE TIWI PEOPLE CREATE MANY OF THEIR DESIGNS ON FABRIC WITH WAX AND RESIST DYING - LIKE BATIK. THEY PLAY FOOTBALL AND CRICKETT.
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TOOGEE INDIANS IN TASMANIA
THE TOOGEE TRIBE LIVED IN TASMANIA BEFORE THE ANGLOS. THEY HAD TWO BANDS. THEY MADE STONE TOOLS INCLUDING THOSE FROM DARWIN GLASS THAT FORMED FROM A METEORITE. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS DATE TO 20,000 YEARS AGO. THEY LEFT MIDDENS AND REMAINS IN A CAVE. THEY HAD NEIGHBORS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THEM.
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Monday, July 2, 2012
KASHIA POMO INDIANS IN CALIFORNIA
THE KASHAYA PEOPLE KNOWN TO HAVE LIVED IN NEAR POINT ARENA WERE EXPERT GAMBLERS AND STILL SPEAK POMOAN LANGUAGES. THEIR TERRITORY WAS FROM 30 MILES FROM THE GUALALA RIVER TO THE NORTH TO DUNCANS LANDING AND THEN SOUTH TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER WHERE WARM SPRINGS CREEK MEETS DRY CREEK. THEY HAD AN IMPORTANT OLD VILLAGE OF METINI NEAR THE RUSSIAN FOR. PRE-CONTACT POPULATION WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 1500. METINI WAS AN ASSEMBLY HOUSE FOR GROUP CEREMONIALS AND SOCIAL LIFE . THEY HAD SMALL VILLAGES LINKED TO EACH OTHER. THEY MEASURE TIME ACCORDING TO THE SEASONS. THEY LEARNED LONG AGO THAT THE SUN, MOON, AND EARTH AFFECTED ALL OF THE PEOPLE. IN SUMMER THEY MOVED CLOSER TO THE COAST AND GATHERED SEA FOOD AND VARIOUS MAMMALS. IN LATE FALL THEY MOVED INLAND. THEY DEVELOPED SPECIAL PROCESSING AND STORAGE TECHNIQUES FOR THERE FOODS. IN FALL THEY COLLECT SEEDS, ACORNS AND SEA SALT. THEY MAKE BASKETRY THAT IS A RITUAL ART. THEIR BASKETS HAVE STONE, BONE SHELL, HORN, FIBERS AND FEATHERS. MANY KASHAYA, LEARNED RUSSIAN AND SOME INTERMARRIED THEM. TODAY MANY LIVE ON THEIR RANCHERIA AND MANY HAVE RECEIVED DEGREES AND CAREERS IN THE CITIES AND THE BAY AREA.
THE KASHAYA STORIES ARE AN ORAL TRADITION AND THIS IS HOW THE PEOPLE LEARNED AND RELATED THEIR LEGENDS. THEY HAVE CREATION STORIES. THEY MAY HAVE HUNTED WHALES FROM THE OCEAN AS THERE WERE OVER 10,00 OF THE GREY WHALES PASSING BY THEIR LANDS.
THIS WEEKEND I VISITED MENDOCINO, A SMALL ARTITIST COLONY ON THE COAST. IT HAD BEEN OVER 6 YEARS SINCE I HAD BEEN THERE. IT IS AN INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL TOWN THAT HAS NO FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS. THE FLOWERS IN THIS TOWN ARE OUTSTANDING AS THEY GET PLENTY OF FOGG. I CAME PREPARED TO THINK GOING TO BE CHILLY HOWEVER IT WAS ACTUALLY HOT AND MUGGY. THE TOWN HAD NO DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND ONLY TWO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. THEY WERE PLANNING FOR A MUSIC EVENT THIS WEEK.
I WENT THROUGH MANY OF THE ART GALLERIES AND WALKED THE MIDDEN AREAS ON THE OCEAN THAT WAS QUITE CALM. ONE TOURIST SAID HE CAUGHT SALMON IN THE OCEAN FROM HIS BOAT. SALMON ARE VERY RARE IN THE RIVERS. THEY HAVE NO LARGE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES EITHER. MANY OF US WERE TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE COLORFUL BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. MANY OF THEM WERE FROM AUSTRAQLIA AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. SOME PEOPLE MADE BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENTS IN FRONT OF THEIR SHOPS. THE ART CENTER HAS MANY CERAMICS WITH LIVE AND DRIED ARRANGEMENTS AND FEATHERS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A CREATIVE GROUP OF GALLERIES. ONE GUY WAS MAKING ALL KINDS OF LEATHERPURSES, WALLETS, BOOK CASES, PHOTO ALBUMS. OTHER ARTICLES, HE SAID HE DOES NOT DO HAND TOOLING AS I ONCE DID. HE SAID IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG. HE LIKELY SCRAPES LEATHER TO MAKE DESIGNS! AT THE ART SCHOOL GALLERY THERE WAS A LARGE CHAIR BUILT OF WELDED SCRAPS OF STEEL , IRON AND COPPER.
I LIKED ONE STORE WHERE THEY HAD A MIXTURE OF OLD ANTIQUE CHAIRS; SOME CASES OF JEWELRY; SOME PHOTOS OF THE TOWN IN 1800'S BY A PHOTOGRAPHER; SOME OLD WORKING CAMERAS; SOME USED CHILDREN'S CLOTHING - $12 EACH; VARIOUS JEWELRY;AND DOLLS FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES. THEY HAD A STREET BANJO PLAYER WITH A DOG!
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THE KASHAYA STORIES ARE AN ORAL TRADITION AND THIS IS HOW THE PEOPLE LEARNED AND RELATED THEIR LEGENDS. THEY HAVE CREATION STORIES. THEY MAY HAVE HUNTED WHALES FROM THE OCEAN AS THERE WERE OVER 10,00 OF THE GREY WHALES PASSING BY THEIR LANDS.
THIS WEEKEND I VISITED MENDOCINO, A SMALL ARTITIST COLONY ON THE COAST. IT HAD BEEN OVER 6 YEARS SINCE I HAD BEEN THERE. IT IS AN INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL TOWN THAT HAS NO FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS. THE FLOWERS IN THIS TOWN ARE OUTSTANDING AS THEY GET PLENTY OF FOGG. I CAME PREPARED TO THINK GOING TO BE CHILLY HOWEVER IT WAS ACTUALLY HOT AND MUGGY. THE TOWN HAD NO DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND ONLY TWO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. THEY WERE PLANNING FOR A MUSIC EVENT THIS WEEK.
I WENT THROUGH MANY OF THE ART GALLERIES AND WALKED THE MIDDEN AREAS ON THE OCEAN THAT WAS QUITE CALM. ONE TOURIST SAID HE CAUGHT SALMON IN THE OCEAN FROM HIS BOAT. SALMON ARE VERY RARE IN THE RIVERS. THEY HAVE NO LARGE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES EITHER. MANY OF US WERE TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE COLORFUL BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. MANY OF THEM WERE FROM AUSTRAQLIA AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. SOME PEOPLE MADE BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENTS IN FRONT OF THEIR SHOPS. THE ART CENTER HAS MANY CERAMICS WITH LIVE AND DRIED ARRANGEMENTS AND FEATHERS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A CREATIVE GROUP OF GALLERIES. ONE GUY WAS MAKING ALL KINDS OF LEATHERPURSES, WALLETS, BOOK CASES, PHOTO ALBUMS. OTHER ARTICLES, HE SAID HE DOES NOT DO HAND TOOLING AS I ONCE DID. HE SAID IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG. HE LIKELY SCRAPES LEATHER TO MAKE DESIGNS! AT THE ART SCHOOL GALLERY THERE WAS A LARGE CHAIR BUILT OF WELDED SCRAPS OF STEEL , IRON AND COPPER.
I LIKED ONE STORE WHERE THEY HAD A MIXTURE OF OLD ANTIQUE CHAIRS; SOME CASES OF JEWELRY; SOME PHOTOS OF THE TOWN IN 1800'S BY A PHOTOGRAPHER; SOME OLD WORKING CAMERAS; SOME USED CHILDREN'S CLOTHING - $12 EACH; VARIOUS JEWELRY;AND DOLLS FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES. THEY HAD A STREET BANJO PLAYER WITH A DOG!
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