Mountain Maidu: Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Contemporary Spaces

This is a public anthropology lecture for teaching and outreach about Native American traditional ecology. Research is presented about #IndigenousSovereignty and #Indigenous California Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) through Mountain #Maidu land stewardship and land reclamation. Ancestral practices and systems persist through creative ways in contemporary life, through collaboration and acknowledgement of Indigenous sovereignty.

This research and presentation is my own work in collaboration with Mountain Maidu friends, and all Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) presented here is public knowledge of Mountain Maidu people. I pursue “de-colonized research” to raise awareness about traditional ecology and Indigenous land stewardship. I believe in Indigenous sovereignty and understand “de-colonized research” as learning about this subject from Mountain Maidu people themselves and gaining some of their trust, and friendship over a long period of time. In doing so, I have realized that ancestral ecological knowledge remains present in contemporary households and still influences how Mountain Maidu people interact with the environment.

The purpose of this research and presentation is to bring awareness to non-Indigenous people and improve relationships and development, and to put to put Indigenous Lands into Indigenous Hands, and to put Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) practitioners in land management leadership. My research is focused in the area of the Sierra Nevada mountains near the towns of Chester and Greenville, California; and many Maidu people who have shared their knowledge with me live in the Greenville and Susanville Rancherias.

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My name is Christina Lauren Quigley. I am a postgraduate (MA) student in anthropology of music by thesis at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. I received my BA in socio-cultural anthropology from California State University, Chico and was invited to present this voluntary undergraduate thesis which I began at Sierra College as a public lecture at the CSU Chico Anthropology Forums. I am grateful to the CSU Chico anthropology department.

References:
•Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson
•Whisper of the Maidu: My Indian ancestors of the Hum Bug Valley by Beverly Benner Ogle
•The Northern Maidu by Marie Potts
•Take Care of the Land and the Land Will Take Care of You: Traditional Ecology in Native California by Farrell Cunningham
•Maidu Indian Myths and Stories of Hanc'ibyjim by William Shipley

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Recorded: February 22, 2018
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All Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) presented here is public knowledge of Mountain Maidu people.

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