July 19, 2014: Miwok-Pomo Festival, Point Reyes, California
all images copyright Casondra Sobieralski
I think these singers were Pomo, if I recall correctly. Pomo lived north of Marin County, in what is now Sonoma.
This is a reconstructed Coastal Miwok house. Sierra Miwok houses are more stout, as you will see in posts of photos I took in August when I get those up, next batch...
That is an acorn grinding rock in the background, one of my favorite photos in this set. The Miwok and Ohlone made an acorn mush that was a staple of their diet. It tastes kinda like a nutty Farina cereal.
This is a Coastal Miwok sweat lodge. It is a very different shape than the Ohlone sweat lodge featured in the prior post.
This is bunny poop. It made me nostalgic for being a kid, tracking animals in the woods, wishing I was an Indian.
By the way, if you see tracks and are not sure if they are dog tracks or cougar tracks, I learned this tip: mountain lions have 3 pads, so their tracks make a w-shape. Canine critters just have 2 pads.
If I were a mountain lion, I might like to roam here...
Acorns, again, were a dietary staple for Northern California tribes,
both coastal and mountain.
Some nice trees with Spanish moss...
Dead trees feel foreboding, like a sad ending to a story.
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