Craig D Bates

Weaving A Legacy: Indian Baskets & The People Of Owens Valley, California

Weaving A Legacy: Indian Baskets & The People Of Owens Valley, California

Coiled Basketry of the Sierra Miwok: A Study of Regional Variation

The History of Westborough, Massachusetts: Part I. the Early History. by Heman Packard De Forest. Part Ii. the Later History. by Edward Craig Bates, Part 1

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally impor...

Legends of the Yosemite Miwok

Read about the greed of His’-sik the Skunk, about how Ah-ha’-le the coyote created humans, and about the quarreling couple who became Half Dome and North Dome. For centuries these stories have instructed and entertained the Indians of Yosemite. Presented here in a form that represents, as closely as...

Weaving A Legacy - Paper: Indian Baskets and the People of Owens Valley, California

Situated on the western edge of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and White-Inyo mountain ranges, Owens Valley has been home for thousands of years to the Owens Valley Paiute and their southern neighbors, the Panamint Shoshone. The willow baskets both groups created are noteworthy for their ...

Miwok in Yosemite: Southern Miwok Life, History, and Language in the Yosemite Region

This booklet briefly introduces readers to the life, history, and language of the Miwok people of the Yosemite area. At the same time, it provides further information about the Indian Village of Ahwahnee, located behind the Yosemite Museum in Yosemite Valley. Complete with Southern Miwok translati...

Treasures from Native California: The Legacy of Russian Exploration

The brief Russian presence in California yielded some of the earliest ethnography of Native Californians and some of the best collections of their material culture. Unstudied by western scholars because of their being housed in Russian museums, they are presented here for the first time in an Englis...

Tradition and Innovation: A Basket History of the Indians of the Yosemite-Mono Lake Area

Collectors! Signed by authors. Cover has small tears but everything else looks great. All items from closed bookstore and estate collection. Pictures available upon request.

Coiled Basketry of the Sierra Miwok: A Study of Regional Variation (San Diego Museum Papers)