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DESCRIPTION:People have utilized natural materials gathered from the California coast 
 for hundreds of years for food, tools, and cultural traditions. Learn 
 traditional skills and cultural teachings of our local Amah Mutsun tribal 
 band. Create beautiful jewelry and crafts using traditional materials under 
 the guidance of Amah Mutsun artisans. Adult participants will make beaded 
 jewelry while younger participants practice using tule to create twine and 
 toys, and learn about other important cultural relationships with plants 
 and animals.\n\nThis workshop will take place in the Museum’s native 
 plant garden and amphitheater (weather dependent) or inside the Museum’s 
 workspace. Please dress for cool weather.\n\nPrice: $15 Adult | $10 
 Children | $5 Off Museum Members\nSpace limited\nLocation: Santa Cruz 
 Museum of Natural History\n\nThe 2018 Amah Mutsun: Then and Now program 
 series is supported by California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the 
 National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.\n\nAbout the 
 Workshop Leaders:\n(1) Eleanor Castro is an Elder of the Amah Mutsun tribal 
 band from San Juan Bautista, descendent of the Ohlone Coastanoan people. 
 Her great- great-grandmother spoke Mutsun and also Awaswas, which was the 
 tribe taken to build Mission Santa Cruz. She learned her cultural and 
 artisanal knowledge from other native people and by studying notes from 
 J.P. Harrington and other tribal members. With this knowledge she has 
 become a Cultural teacher and mentor Elder to the stewards of the Amah 
 Mutsun Land Trust. She has worked out in the fields as cook, prayer, 
 leader, mentor, and much more. She also teaches her craft of beading at the 
 Fresno American Indian Health Project in Fresno, CA and at an annual Native 
 youth camp.\n\nEleanor sits on the Board of Directors of the AMLT and the 
 tribal non-profit The Humunya Foundation, and volunteers at FAIHP. She 
 assisted the Berkeley School of Archaeology as Elder giving advice and 
 observing places that her people lived their way of life. About this 
 experience, Eleanor reflects: “I was truly blessed to be among my 
 ancestors and hear them talk to me. They said `Welcome back we’ve been 
 waiting for you.’”\n\n(2) Nathaniel James Verdugo is Eleanor’s 
 grandson, and a member of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of San Juan Bautista 
 and a descendent of the Awawas people of Misssion Santa Cruz. Nathaniel has 
 been a Steward with the Amah Mutsun Land Trust for a couple of years and 
 through this experience has learned Mutsun ways and ancestral knowledge of 
 plants. The stewards go out in the field on the lands of their people and 
 work hard to clear non-native plants and learn about their native plants. 
 Nathaniel has lead demonstrations at Chitactac Park with the County Parks 
 Native Days with his grandmother for many years. He enjoys going back every 
 year to teach local children the ways of his people. Nathaniel’s goal is 
 to help his people to come back to their origins and to gain their tribal 
 ways and knowledge.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/07/18818885.php
SUMMARY:Native Crafts Workshop: Cultural Teachings of the Amah Mutsun
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History\n1305 E Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/07/18818885.php
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