Part I. CALIFORNIA AT CONTACT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Tables xiv
5. Preface xv
6. Note On Languages, Territories, And Names Of California Indian Tribes xxvii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I. CALIFORNIA AT CONTACT 11
9. 1. Wildlife, Plants, and People 13
10. 2. Gathering, Hunting, and Fishing 41
11. 3. The Collision of Worlds 62
12. Part II. INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT AND ITS ECOLOGICAL BASIS
13. 4. Methods of Caring for the Land 125
14. 5. Landscapes of Stewardship 155
15. 6. Basketry 187
16. 7. From Arrows to Weirs 209
17. 8. California’s Cornucopia 240
18. 9. Plant Foods Aboveground 255
19. 10. Plant Foods Belowground 291
20. Part III. REKINDLING THE OLD WAYS
21. 11. Contemporary California Indian Harvesting and Management Practices 309
22. 12. Restoring Landscapes with Native Knowledge 334
23. Coda: Indigenous Wisdom in the Modern World 358
24. Notes 365
25. Bibliography 411
26. Index 471