Resources
Videos
KCET, “Basketry: An Art That Lives Across Generations” (video) https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/basketry-an-art-that-lives-across-generations
International Wood Culture Society, “Ohlone Basket Weaver – Linda Yamane” (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPBuGZ6sbKw
LAIR Virtual: “Linda Yamane & Susanne Takehara/Weaving Past & Present” (video) https://www.facebook.com/EastSideArtsAlliance/videos/167926068556671/
California Institute for Culture, Art and Nature: “California Native Ways” Event, Linda Yamane video presentation https://www.facebook.com/462396434578499/videos/1137119450103452/?__so__=channel_tab&__rv__=all_videos_card
In Print
The following list of recommended printed resources begins with those most specific to the Rumsen Ohlone of the Monterey area, and continues with others containing information and insights on the Ohlone in general, and the broader California Indian cultural community. While many of these are now out of print, it is still possible to find them for sale online and at your public library.
“Ethnohistory of the Rumsen” in Papers in Northern California Anthropology by Randall Milliken, 1987, Northern California Anthropological Group, Berkeley, CA
Culture Element Distributions: XIX: Central California Coast by John P. Harrington, 1942, in Anthropological Records, 7:1, University of California Press
Monterey in 1786—Life in a California Mission The Journals of Jean Francois de la Perouse, 1989, Heyday Books
A Gathering of Voices—The Native Peoples of the Central California Coast Edited by Linda Yamane, 2002, Santa Cruz County History Journal, Issue #5, Museum of Art & History
When the World Ended/How Hummingbird Got Fire/How People Were Made Rumsien Ohlone Stories told & illustrated by Linda Yamane, 1995, Oyate
The Snake That Lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains & Other Ohlone Stories Told & Illustrated by Linda Yamane, 1998, Oyate
First Coastal Californians Edited by Lynn H. Gamble, 2015, The School for Advanced Research
The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco & Monterey Bay Area—A Research Guide by Lauren S. Teixeira, 1997, Ballena Press
The Ohlone Past & Present—Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region Compiled & Edited by Lowell John Bean, 1994, Ballena Press
A Time of Little Choice—The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area 1769-1810 by Randall Milliken, 1995, Ballena Press
Weaving a California Tradition by Linda Yamane with photographs by Dugan Aguilar, 1997, Lerner Publications
Native Ways Edited by Malcolm Margolin and Yolanda Montijo, 1995, Heyday Books
Grass Games & Moon Races—California Indian Games & Toys by Jeannine Gendar, 1995, Heyday Books
The Way We Lived—California Indian Stories, Songs & Reminiscences Edited with Commentary by Malcolm Margolin, 1981/1993, Heyday Books
Indian Summer—Traditional Life Among the Choinumne Indians of California's San Joaquin Valley Thomas Jefferson Mayfield, 1993, Heyday Books
California Indians & the Gold Rush by Clifford E. Trafzer, 1989, Sierra Oaks Publishing Company
In Full View—Three Ways of Seeing California Plants by Glenn Keator, Linda Yamane & Ann Lewis; 1995, Heyday Books & Headlands Center for the Arts
It Will Live Forever—Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation by Bev Ortiz with photographs by Raye Santos, 1991, Heyday Books
The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry Introduction & Text by Brian Bibby, 1996, Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento) in Association with Heyday Books Heyday Books
Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider—A California Indian Feast by Margaret Dubin & Sara-Larus Tolley, 2008, Heyday Books
News From Native California (A Quarterly Magazine) Published by Heyday, PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709, 510/549-3564
To Visit
Following is a listing of parks and museums within the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas that you may wish to visit for further enrichment in Ohlone culture.
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History 165 Forest Avenue • Pacific Grove, CA • 93950 • 831/648-3116 • Ohlone Baskets
Pacific House, Monterey State Historic Parks Custom House Plaza • Monterey, CA • 93940 • Extensive Rumsen Ohlone Exhibit Content
Palo Corona Regional Park, Discovery Center 4860 Carmel Valley Road • Carmel, CA 93923 • Rumsen Ohlone Exhibit Content, Including 9-foot Tule Canoe
Carmel Valley Historical Center 77 West Carmel Valley Rd • Carmel Valley, CA • 93923 • 831/659-5715 • Rumsen Ohlone & Esselen Exhibit Content, Including Small Tule Canoe
Chitactac Adams Heritage County Par Located in South Santa Clara County
on Watsonville Road between Morgan Hill & Gilroy • 408/842-2341 • Visitor Center, Interpretive Trail, Bedrock Mortars, Rock Art, Educational Programming
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front Street • Santa Cruz, CA 95060 • 831/429-1964 • Ohlone Exhibit Content, Books
Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive • Santa Cruz, CA • 95062 • 831/429-3773 • Ohlone Exhibit, Mural, Books
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park 144 School Street • Santa Cruz, CA • 95060 • 831/425-5849 • Mission Period Exhibit
Henry Cowell State Park 525 N. Big Trees Park Road • Felton, CA 95018 • 831/335-3174 • Annual "Ohlone Day" Event in early September, Books
History San José 1650 Senter Road • San Jose, CA 95112-2599 • 408/918-1047 • Ohlone Exhibit, Educational Programming, Ohlone Basket
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University Campus 500 El Camino Real • Santa Clara, CA 95053 • Extensive Ohlone Exhibit, Including 9-foot Tule Canoe, Two Murals, Contemporary Ohlone Baskets
Coyote Hills Regional Park 8000 Patterson Ranch Road • Fremont, CA 94555 • 510/795-9285 • Visitor Center, "shellmound" site with some reconstructed traditional structures, "A Gathering of Ohlone Peoples” annual event in early October, Educational Programming, Books
Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak Street (at 10th) • Oakland, CA 94607 • Extensive California Indian Exhibit Content, Including Ohlone Content, Tule Canoe, Contemporary Ohlone Feathered Basket
San Francisco Presidio Officers’ Club Museum 1750 Lincoln Blvd • San Francisco, CA 94129 • 415/561-5300 • Ohlone Exhibit Content, Contemporary Ohlone Feathered Basket
Ohlone Basket Mosaic Mural by Susanne Takehara • Exterior Building Facade • 1245 23rd Ave • Oakland, CA 94606
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park 2465 34th Ave • Oakland, CA 94601 • Extensive Updated Ohlone Exhibit Content Scheduled for 2023
Sanchez Adobe Historic Site 1000 Linda Mar Blvd • Pacifica, CA 94044 • 650/359-1462 • Ohlone Exhibit Content, Including Feather Dance Cape & Contemporary Ohlone Basket, Mural