Central California Basket Weaving

This video is about the importance of basket weaving to the Central California's First People.
To see the complete series on the history of the American River Basin and other stories concerning the Sierra Nevada Foothills please visit my website. Using the Google search engine, enter: / michaelstark1

[@janjohannessmith7033]

A very wonderful unique, and beautiful narrative of an original native daughter sharing her culture. Such an incredible explanation of basket weaving because they were so necessary. When the critic says stacking one stone upon another does not indicate civilization. Who were these Stone age peoples? What was their unique cultural history in California for a thousand years while the rest of the wild West raged on. Who were these peaceful people in California, native originals first peoples.

[@janjohannessmith7033]

Who were these people that carried no weapons of war, and made no rating parties and did not defend their villages with armaments regards? It is because, according to ishi last of his kind original text, that 1100 years ago all of the Sierra Foothills tribal natives engaged in a 30-year war, and decimated over 3/4 of their populations and then they agreed upon a truce and divided the Sierra Foothills to the Sierra summit in territories for each tribe in no man or woman need carry a weapon of defense and no rating parties would be conducted. The Oregon and coastal tribes did not intrude. The southern tribes with much contact with Spaniards for 200 years did not interfere. According to my understanding and study, the Spaniards did not make any foray up in two the Northern California Uber Rivers eel River Bear River until 1820 and were recorded by the natives. There is a reason why the Spanish did not come to Northern Cali to find their mother load because they had inherited by warfare, according to history I was not there that day from the Moors whom they defeated right before Christopher Columbus came and so-called discovered in North American continent. The Spanish landed and made a direct route up to the Utah's! Based on the Moorish maps and legends allegedly? That is why they didn't not exploit Northern California. It makes sense.

[@michaelstark1]

@@janjohannessmith7033 Yes, the European invasion of California decimated a peaceful civilization. CA was the most populated region in what would become the United States. Their end began with the fur hunters. They introduced European diseases. The Spanish missions oppressed their culture. The Spanish military needed safe ports for their fleets returning from their Philippine colonies. Our indigenous people became slaves. The 49er Gold Rush reduced their numbers even more. The sad stories of Indian Schools is just now being told. Even though their culture can be traced back 20,000 years, they were not even considered United States citizens. Their words were not even accepted in American courts. We teach California history in the 4th grade. By placing our state's history in elementary school, honesty is removed; a Mother Goose version is instead told.

[@caligurlbornraised1874]

Maidu here!
Thank you for this informative video!

[@richardbowers3647]

Food basket weaving is important, but water bottle weaving was also made according to the history books.After weaving pine pitch & small round rocks (heated hot) were circulated inside to coat the bottle. These, I assume, were highly prized when owned by the natives.

[@michaelstark1]

Thank You Richard. When I did my research on basketry, I did not see examples of water carriers as you described. I knew that the baskets could be made water tight. Rock were heated in fire pits and dropped into water tight baskets. This way they could boil food. Love to see an example.

[@michaelstark1]

Thank you. I knew they could create watertight baskets. This adds to my knowledge.

[@DavidHuber63]

Priceless, like you brother.

[@michaelstark1]

A priceless moment in filming one of our great basket weavers. Next up a somewhat boring topic that I found captivating….rice. Rice is the number one crop in Placer County. So…how did rice, a non native grass, come to California. It’s complicated.

[@DavidHuber63]

@michaelstark1 crazy little thing called, love?

[@alisbolanos4386]

Trabajo hermoso, arte puro

[@michaelstark1]

Si ….mucho gracias

[@GrandmaDeb100]

2:52 amazing and ❤ 3:00

[@AlisonDurazo]

Hello Michael: I was curious to know where I can learn Central to Northern California Native basket weaving.

[@michaelstark1]

Alison Sutter: Good Question. I can tell you where to see examples. As for lessons, I’d check first with the California State Indian Museum. The ladies at the Maidu Museum, Roseville, weave. The museum might give you ideas. There might be a community college offering weaving. Good luck. Let me know if you find a location and I’ll post the resource.

[@thuytiennguyenle9461]

Varieer in vormen en maten.

[@michaelstark1]

Ja