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<strong>Ethnobotany</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Baja</strong> j California’s <strong>Kumiai</strong> <strong>Indians</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Construction <strong>of</strong><br />

New Models <strong>of</strong> Transmission<br />

<strong>of</strong> Indigenous Environmental Knowledge<br />

Michael Wilken-Robertson<br />

SCERP Technical Conference<br />

JJanuary 26 26, 2010


Southwest Southw st Center C nt r for or Environmental Environm ntal RResearch s arch <strong>and</strong> Policy<br />

(SCERP)<br />

NSF/NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL)<br />

Program<br />

San Diego State University President’s Leadership Fund


RESEARCH<br />

QUESTION:<br />

HHow might i ht<br />

contemporary<br />

ethnobotanical<br />

knowledge g <strong>of</strong> <strong>Baja</strong> j<br />

California’s <strong>Kumiai</strong><br />

<strong>Indians</strong> make new <strong>and</strong><br />

significant contributions<br />

to scientific research <strong>of</strong><br />

diachronic human/plant<br />

interactions in <strong>the</strong> study<br />

area?


METHODS:<br />

Literature review--<strong>the</strong> study<br />

reviews existing archaeological<br />

archaeological,<br />

ethnographic, linguistic <strong>and</strong><br />

biocultural literature relevant to<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Kumiai</strong> in order to assess<br />

<strong>the</strong> state <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kumiai</strong> ethnobotany<br />

in anthropological literature.<br />

Field work will be undertaken<br />

with <strong>Kumiai</strong> plant specialists to<br />

document <strong>the</strong>ir knowledge <strong>of</strong><br />

traditional uses <strong>of</strong> native plants<br />

iin natural t l settings. tti IInterviews t i<br />

will be carried out in <strong>Kumiai</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

Spanish, <strong>and</strong> will cover plant<br />

scheduling, g, harvesting, g,<br />

processing <strong>and</strong> consumption, as<br />

well as cultural meanings<br />

associated with plants.


Application:<br />

I expect to find previously<br />

undocumented information<br />

on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Kumiai</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

relationships l ti hi with ith th <strong>the</strong><br />

vegetative environment that<br />

should be useful for future<br />

research, , as well as for<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong> cultural <strong>and</strong> linguistic<br />

revitalization efforts.


INDIGENOUS<br />

LANGUAGE GROUPS<br />

OF BAJA CALIFORNIA<br />

Source: Missionization <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

PPersistence i t <strong>of</strong> f Native N ti Identity Id tit on<br />

<strong>the</strong> Colonial Frontier <strong>of</strong> <strong>Baja</strong><br />

California<br />

By Lee M. Panich<br />

Ethnohistory y 57:2 ( (Spring p g 2010) )<br />

American Society for Ethnohistory


JUAN MEZA<br />

Agua Escondida, <strong>Baja</strong> California<br />

Potrero, California<br />

KUMIAI CONSULTANTS


KUMIAI CONSULTANTS<br />

Norma Meza<br />

Juntas de Nejí<br />

AAurora MMeza<br />

Juntas de Neji


KUMIAI<br />

CONSULTANTS<br />

Celia Silva (R) <strong>and</strong><br />

Virginia Melendrez<br />

San José de la Zorra


KUMIAI CONSULTANTS<br />

Teodora Cuero<br />

La Huerta


KO’ALH CONSULTANTS<br />

Tirsa Flores<br />

Margarita Castro<br />

Teresa Castro<br />

Santa Catarina


Hunting <strong>and</strong> ga<strong>the</strong>ring peoples <strong>of</strong> <strong>Baja</strong> California


In: Minnich, R.A. <strong>and</strong> Franco-Vizcaino, E. 1998.<br />

LAND OF CHAMISE AND PINES: Histoical accounts <strong>and</strong><br />

current status <strong>of</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Baja</strong> California’s vegetation.<br />

UC Publications in Botany.


Coastal Habitat


Riparian Habitat


Chaparral Habitat


High Desert


Conifer Forest


Agave shawii<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Me’elh <strong>Kumiai</strong>,<br />

,<br />

Ma’aalh <strong>Kumiai</strong><br />

Spanish: Maguey, Mescal<br />

English: Coastal Agave<br />

Adenostoma fasiculatum<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Iil Pjii<br />

Spanish: Vara Prieta, Chamiso<br />

English: Chamise, Greasewood


Yucca schidigera<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Shaa<br />

Spanish: Yuca, Palmilla<br />

English: Mojave Yucca<br />

Yucca whipplei<br />

K<strong>Kumiai</strong>: i i ’A’ ’A’a<br />

Spanish: Lechugilla<br />

English: Chaparral Yucca


Prunus ilicifolia<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: pjkaai<br />

Spanish: Islaya<br />

English: Holly‐leaf cherry


Sambucus Mexicana<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Kop’eelh,<br />

Kuup’alh<br />

Spanish: Sauco<br />

English: Elderberry


Anemopsis<br />

Californica<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Jukurruy, Chipañ<br />

Spanish: Yerba Mansa<br />

English: Lizard’sTail


JJuncus acutus t<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: shiulh<br />

Spanish: Junco<br />

English: Juncus, Spiny Rush


Juncus textilis<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: psilh<br />

Spanish: Junco<br />

English: Juncus


Agave desertii<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Me’elh, Ma’aalh<br />

Spanish: Maguey,<br />

Mescal<br />

English: Desert Agave


Opuntia sp.<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Jpa<br />

Spanish: Nopal<br />

English: Prickly Pear


Pinus quadrifolia q<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Juiu<br />

Spanish:<br />

Piñon o<br />

English:<br />

Parry Pinyon


Quercus Agrifolia<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Sñau<br />

Spanish: Encino<br />

English: Coast Live Oak


Quercus Chrysolepsis<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Ju’ilh<br />

Spanish: Bellota Dulce<br />

English: Canyon Live Oak


Salix sp.<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: A’yau<br />

Spanish: Sauce<br />

English: Willow


Arctostaphylos pungens<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Jusilh<br />

Spanish: Manzanita<br />

English: Mexican Manzanita


Artemisia tridentata<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Kup’jau<br />

Spanish: Chamiso Blanco,<br />

Yerba del Borrego<br />

EEnglish: li h BBasin i SSagebrush b h


Salvia apiana<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Lhltai<br />

Spanish: Salvia Blanca<br />

English: White Sage


Dudleya sp.<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Milh Kimaia<br />

Spanish: Siempreviva<br />

English: Liveforever


Heteromeles arbutifolia<br />

K i i j hik j ik<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: jushik, juusik<br />

Spanish: Fusique<br />

English: Toyon, Hollywood


Eriogonum fasciculatum<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Jmilh<br />

Spanish: Valeriana<br />

English: g<br />

Flat-top Buckwheat


BBrahea h armata t<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong>: Mui jum’ulh<br />

Spanish: p Palma Ceniza<br />

English: Mexican Blue Palm


TECATE<br />

KUMIAI<br />

MUSEUM


Tecate<br />

<strong>Kumiai</strong> Museum<br />

Eth Ethnobotanical b t i l GGardens d


<strong>Kumiai</strong><br />

Willow house<br />

construction


Ethnobotanical Workshops


AS<br />

GRACI


CORREDOR HISTORICO CAREM, A.C.<br />

WWW.CAREM.ORG

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