I sometimes wonder if the #NorCal / #Nevada ski regions are Accursed: Spirit ancestors of the #Miwok, #Ohlone and other native peoples who were killed or forced off this region by White *settlers* beginning in the 1800s should probably be allowed to “Comment.”

I'm working on a story that combines #jewish and #miwok folklore
any other writers out there have favorite books that mash up stories from different traditions?
thanks for the inspiration!
#booksky #authors #fiction #folkhorror

My home is in the Richmond Annex of Northern California.
This simple cinquain poem is to honor the people and the land of the Ohlone tribes.

Aware,
my family feasts
on land that was stolen.
We acknowledge the home of the
Ohlone.

#cinquain #poetry #acknowledgement #ohlone #Muwekma #Lisjan #miwok

Watching #Untamed on #Netflix. Not done yet but pretty good so far. Set in #Yosemite.
#YosemiteNationalPark
#California #Miwok
#ElCapitan #HalfDome

"[Paul Souter] How do you think this ends?"

"[Jay] O-let'-te, Coyote-man, created the Miwok in this valley 4,000 years ago. Gave us El-o'-win for the after. That's 4,000 years of my people's spirits running through here. The earth, the water, the wind. I feel them when I walk through the trees. I hear them all around me when the world quiets. So, when it's my time to die, I will die here. But if I chose to die somewhere else, I would still have my ancestors with me, because the spirits in this valley are within each one of us. The same as they are in the earth, the water, and the winds... At least that's what I remember from the Lone Ranger comic book when I was a kid."

"[Jay] If I was you, I'd watch those legs. Wuyi might come up and snatch you right down to the bottom.
But that little ghost doesn't take anyone unless they want to be taken. You haven't heard his screams, have you?" #Untamed #NetflixSeries #Thriller #Miwok #EricBana #IncitingJuly

tbc: Given the Racist terrorism and land theft that #Miwok, #Ohlone and other Indigenous people endured in #NorCal circa 1800-1900s, it really is good to see many reclaiming land and opening commercial enterprises across #NorCal! Same time? A LOT of people here are developing gambling addictions 😬

I was, the horror, accused of being a Russian Troll!!! 🤦🏽‍♀️

Try a bit harder 🙏🏽

I would be insulted, but it's too frickin funny at this point 🤣🤣🤣🤣

#Indigenous
#Ohlone #Patwin #Miwok #Mexica

3rd gen San Franciscan, since 1850, on a colonizer side 😎🎉🎉🎉🤷🏽‍♀️

ICE is illegal on stolen land 😲

I was planting trees in the yard and came across this obsidian artifact.
#miwok #marincounty

Miwok Ceremonial Roundhouse, Indian Grinding Rock State Park, California #Miwok #NativeAmerican #California #indigenous #GoldCountry

Meaning of #miwok MIWOK tribe originating from the California region, from the uti linguistic group.. miwok

Significado de #miwok MIWOK tribu originaria de la región de California, del grupo lingüistico uti.. miwok

Significado de #miwok Tribo MIWOK originária da região da Califórnia, do grupo linguístico uti.. miwok

My hand, holding a quart plastic bag filled with red and orange madrone berries. In the distance the image w 3 horizontal bands top to bottom: a gray lowering sky that reads as fog and more rain; the deep green of the slopes of Mt Tamalpais; the sere grasslands falling away from the Siz Points trail intersection above Fairfax CA

Went back up the trail to gather madrone berries blown to the ground btwn Five Corners and Six Points.

The #Miwok people used the berries as part of their diet, high in ascorbic acid and antioxidants. Thinking we’ll try a chutney for Thanksgiving #indigisky #gratitude #FairfaxCA

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#Umbellularia has long been valued for its many uses by #NativeAmericans throughout the tree's range, including the #Cahuilla, #Chumash, #Ohlone, #Pomo, #Miwok, #Yuki, #Coos, and #Salinan people. The #Concow tribe call the plant sō-ē’-bä (Konkow language).

Day 59 of #JRBPVirtualTour! The #endemic to #California, #Pitchersage / #woodbalm (#Lepechinia #calycina), true #sage in #mint family. Successional #chaparral plant, named after its flower & inflated #sepals. #Miwok #NativeAmericans used to make a tea to reduce headaches & fever.

Day 26 of #JRBPVirtualTour! The #Yerbasanta (#Eriodictyon #californicum). The #yerba #santa (holy herb in English) was highly valued by many 3California tribes including the #Salinan, #Ohlone, #Miwok, #Pomo, and #Yokuts who continue to use it for various medicinal purposes.