Baskets
and Botany at Tecolote Canyon
By Roy Cook
San Diego City Park
and Friends of Tecolote Nature Center is celebrated this October 11, 2008
from 9am to 4pm with the traditions of the Original Americans, the Kumeyaay.
The Baskets and Botany event offers tribal songs and craft activities.
Richard Bugbee and Martha Rodriguez are in the Tecolote outdoor park display
area. Vickie Gambala, San Diego Unified School District Title VII Indian
Education program children corner inside was a big hit for all ages! Projects
included Dream catchers, Cherokee baskets, Kumeyaay bears and a decorated
traveling bag. Her sister Martha Estrada from Corona and Connie Grey Bull,
Jaye Osawa, parents, assists her and participants of the SCAIR Soaring
Eagles dance program. The first Native American presentation is at 10 am by: Running Grunion, Abel Silva is a delight for young and old. His lighthearted view of history and the humanity of the Tribal people of Southern California is the best kind of teaching - with a smile.
Eons ago, more than
50,000 years or more, the Kumeyaay Indians lived all along the coast and
canyons of San Diego. They found food and shelter in Tecolote Canyon.
It has been designated as a cartographic feature on area maps for nearly
two centuries and was given the Hispanic name Tecolote, or owl, for the
diminutive raptor that lives in this canyon. Maybe we will see
you at the next American Indian Tribal event.
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