It Will Live Forever: Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation (1991)

by Julia F. Parker

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Numerous photos and narrative description make it possible to make acorn meal yourself (tho I haven't done so). Cultural teachings, about respecting the food, are given. The appendix includes early descriptions of Yosemite acorn making, a lengthy bibliography, and a brief step-by-step "recipe" for preparing acorns using modern kitchen equipment.

juniperSun | Jan 10, 2014 |

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It Will Live Forever: Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation

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1991

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Julia Parker

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Yosemite National Park, California, USA

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This book is dedicated to the Yosemite Miwok/Paiute, past, present, and future, who are its foundation and inspiration, and to the elders who have been the teachers of each generation, especially Julia Parker's teachers: Lucy Telles, Yosemite Miwok/Paiute; Carrie Bethel, Mono Lake Paiute; Minnie Mike, Mono Lake Paiute; Ida Bishop, Northfork Mono; Molly Jackson, Yokayo Pomo; Mabel McKay, Cache Creek Pomo; Elsie Allen, Cloverdale Pomo; and it is dedicated to Julia herself who, because of her determination to carry on the old ways, and the enerosity of her commitment to share these skills with others, has made this book possible.
Also, to Julia's firstborn, Virginia Parker (194901990), who helped her mother pound acorn and was learning the ways of her own Miwok/Paiute people.

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When Julia F. Parker speaks of acorn, it is with great reverence for what the food is to her people.

[Introduction] California's landscape reveals itself in contrasts.

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