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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
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