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Title: Contemporary California indian uses for food of species affected by Phytophthora ramorum

Author: Ortiz, Beverly R.

Date: 2008

Source: In: Frankel, Susan J.; Kliejunas, John T.; Palmieri, Katharine M., tech. coords. 2008. Proceedings of the sudden oak death third science symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. pp. 419-425

Station ID: GTR-PSW-214

Description: This paper provides a brief survey of contemporary central and northwest California Indian uses for food of regulated hosts and associated species affected by Phytophthora ramorum, including recipes from Karuk/Shasta/Abenake elder Josephine Peters. It contextualizes these food uses in terms of their on-going significance in cultural, social and community contexts.

Key Words: Phytophthora ramorum, sudden oak death, Kashaya Pomo, Bodega Miwok, Dry Creek Pomo, Umbellularia californica, Quercus kelloggii, Quercus agrifolia, Lithocarpus densiflorus, Corylus cornuta, Vaccinum ovatum, Arbutus menziesii, Arctostaphylos manzanita, Rubus spectabilis

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Ortiz, Beverly R.  2008.  Contemporary California indian uses for food of species affected by Phytophthora ramorum  In: Frankel, Susan J.; Kliejunas, John T.; Palmieri, Katharine M., tech. coords. 2008. Proceedings of the sudden oak death third science symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. pp. 419-425.