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CALIFORNIA INDIGENOUS PLANTS

Includes facts, information about how and why the Indigenous Californian Native American Indians use with beautiful professional photography...

Botanical, ETHNOBOTANY GUIDE Native American Indians Southern California, botany

12,000 Years to Learn About California Native Plants Herbs

To appreciate the aboriginal Californians' perspective on indigenous plants, we must understand the Native tribal peoples lived in Southern California for over 12,000 years and had extremely developed cultural identities when the European settlers arrived in California in 1776...without metals or cloth...lived in a Stone Age world of plants and animals and took everything they needed from this...

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Indigenous Peoples of California
Native Plants & Herbs

MEDICINAL
Uses by California Native Americans

ANCIENT - Indigenous
Knowledge spans over 10,000 years in California

Functional USAGE
Basketry, Jewelry, Clothing, Brooms, Shoes, Brushes, fishing traps, bags

CEREMONIAL
Spiritual, Blessings, Funerals

FUTURE
Preservation

Commercial
Harvesting, Responsibility

Natural Growing

FOUR DIRECTIONS INSTITUTE www.fourdir.org plant index of the high deserts of Southern California.