Just one of the presentations from the 2013 Open Space Conference on May 16 at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio of San Francisco. More information about the day can be found here: http://openspacecouncil.org/community/conference.php

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Introducing the Amah Mutsun Land Trust
Valentín Lopez, Tribal Chair

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‘Ohlone’ Territory
Tribes

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Mount Umunhum
Photos courtesy of Mid Peninsula
Regional Open Space

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Photo credits Sara Reid, Tribal Botanist

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Ascencion Solarsano
Mutsun leader and healer, 1890s - 1930
Photo credit Chuck Striplen

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Martha Herrera and JP Harrington
Sample of JP Harrington’s Mutsun notes

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Quiroste Valley
Landscape Management
Research Project
A multi-disciplinary team of UC
Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, San Jose
State, UC Cooperative Extension,
National Park Service, California State
Parks researchers
Quiroste village site

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ARCHAEOLOGY
*Kent Lightfoot UC Berkeley, Dept. of
Anthropology
*Mark Hylkema California Dept. of Parks and Rec.,
Santa Cruz District
*Rob Cuthrell UC Berkeley, Dept. of Anthropology,
Paleoethnobotany
*Christine Hastorf UC Berkeley, Dept. of
Anthropology, Paleoethnobotany
*Diane Gifford-Gonzalez UC Santa Cruz, Dept. of
Anthropology, Zooarchaeology
*Cristie Boone UC Santa Cruz, Dept. of
Anthropology, Zooarchaeology
PALYNOLOGY
*Roger Byrne UC Berkeley, Dept. of Geography
*Alicia Cowart UC Berkeley, Dept. of Geography
Phytolith Analysis
*Rand Evett UC Berkeley, Dept. of Environmental
Science, Policy, and Management
DENDROECOLOGY
*Scott Stephens UC Berkeley, Dept. of
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
*Chuck Striplen UC Berkeley, Dept. of
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
*Gregory Jones San Jose State University, Dept.
GEOMORPHOLOGY
*Laurel Collins Watershed Sciences, Berkeley,
California
VEGETATION MAPPING
*Brett Hall UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, Director
*Brent Johnson Pinnacles National Park,
Ecologist
ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS
*Lynn Ingram UC Berkeley, Dept. of Earth and
Planetary Science
PHYLOGENETICS
*Paul Fine UC Berkeley, Dept. of Integrative
Biology
*Tracy Misiewicz UC Berkeley, Dept. of
Integrative Biology
VEGETATION AND FIRE MODELING
*David Ackerly UC Berkeley, Dept. of
Integrative Biology
*Max Moritz UC Coop. Extension, Santa
Barbara Co., Fire Ecology
*Enric Batllori UC Berkeley, Dept. of
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
The Quiroste ‘A Team’ Members & Affiliations

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‘The Study of Indigenous Resource Management Practices
in Central California: An Introduction’ – Kent Lightfoot
Society for California Archaeology
‘Anthropogenic Transformations and European Colonialism:
The Effects of Early Historical Globalization in Western North
America’ – Kent Lightfoot
Society for American Archaeology
Quiroste Research Publications and Presentations
…and more to come

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Quiroste Valley – 1st
State Cultural Preserve
Photo credit Chuck Striplen
Quiroste Village Mural
by Ann Thiermann

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Pinnacles National Park
Research and Cooperative
Restoration Projects
Chairman Lopez and Superintendent
Karen Beppler-Dorn sign MOU
Chairman Lopez and Secretary of the Interior
Salazar at PNP dedication
Photo credit Chuck Striplen

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Photo credits Sara Reid

15. AMAH MUTSUN TRIBAL
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A Process Restored:
First cultural burn at Pinnacles
National Park – November, 2011
Photos courtesy of Pinnacles National Park

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UC Santa Cruz Arboretum
Amah Mutsun
Relearning Garden Project
‘Work and Learn’ Events
Photos courtesy of UCSC Arboretum

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The Amah Mutsun Land Trust:
Our Vision for the Future
Photos courtesy of Sempervirens Fund

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Mid Peninsula Regional Open Space District
Photo courtesy of Mid Peninsula Regional Open Space

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Goals of The Amah Mutsun Land Trust
Protect and conserve our sensitive cultural sites
Regain our role as environmental stewards in our
traditional territory as we restore our indigenous knowledge
Restore important ecological and cultural processes and
habitats
Encourage a more coordinated and integrated
conservation effort across our protected lands
Please Visit: WWW.AMAHMUTSUN.ORG
Photo credit Chuck Striplen