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Acjachemem - The People of the Water: 2025 Native Plants Calendar
Acjachemem - The People of the Water: 2025 Native Plants Calendar
Acjachemem - The People of the Water: 2025 Native Plants Calendar
Acjachemem - The People of the Water: 2025 Native Plants Calendar
Acjachemem - The People of the Water: 2025 Native Plants Calendar
Acjachemem - The People of the Water: 2025 Native Plants Calendar

“Denied Their Indian Blood”: The Challenge of Indigenous Authenticity in a California Mission Town by Tahireh HicksPutuidem Village Unearths OC Indigenous HistoryOral Histories with the Acjachemem of San Juan Capistrano by Frank P. Lobo, Susan Lobo and Kelina N. T. Lobo"Acjachemem Language Translated:
Anoo pi Ataal" (Coyote and Pelican)"
by Kelina Lobo
"Native Ways: The Acjachemen and Tongva weave local resources into their culture" by Adam MargolisLecture by Stephen O'Neil about the February 27, 1778 revolt at San Juan Capistrano - "The Acjachemen Revolt at Mission San Juan Capistrano - Sept 2024 - OCHS""Beyond Barriers: Transforming Trabuco Creek Through Partnership with Acjachemen Nation" by CalTrout News"Coronne, First Female Chief of the Acjachemen, 18th Century" by Fleurs de Villes

Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano, California"Flower to Seed Lesson Plan - K-2nd" by the U.S. Botanic GardenDeborah Small's 2010 Ethnobotanical CalendarPlant Uses: California Native American Uses of California Plants - Ethnobotany by UC Santa Cruz ArboretumDrought tolerant plants for a Long Beach area garden. by Bert Wilson"Chaparral" by Britannica"It's in the genes: Research pinpoints how plants know when to flower" by Sandra Hines"Quiet Fire: Indigenous tribes in California and other parts of the U.S. have been rekindling the ancient art of controlled burning." by Page Buono"Make the Mulch of It" by King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks

Spirals in Coast Live Oak

Image by Alan Rockefeller
Bread From Acorns (1933)
"Plant Catalog: Coast Live Oak" by LA Native Plant Source
"GSOB Infestation at Big Oak Canyon" by Earthroots

Field of California Buckwheat

Image by Ingo Renner
"California Buckwheat: Eriogonum fasciculatum" by Calscape
"‘Solar-powered vacuum cleaners’: the native plants that could clean toxic soil" by Doug Bierend
"Making California Buckwheat Pancakes" by Tim Martinez

Close up of fuzz on woolly blue curls buds

Image by Albert Cardona
"Woolly Bluecurls: Trichostema lanatum" by Calscape

Close up on soon to be budding flower on arroyo willow

Image by Fred Watson
"Traditional Homes" by Pechanga Band of Indians

Red berries on a toyon shrub

Image by Jesse Rorabaugh
"Toyon: Heteromeles arbutifolia" by Calscape

Manzanita shrub with winding branches

Image by Mary K. Hanson
"Manzanita in Your Garden." by Penny Pawl
"Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider: Native American Cuisine" by Deborah Small
"How to Make Manzanita Cider" by Hank Shaw

Deergrass in front of a river

Image by Adam J. Searcy
"Gathering sumac / Gathering deergrass" by Deborah Small
"Living with Fire" by the U.S. Forest Service

White Sage Flower with tiny bug

Image by Alex Heyman
"Plant of the month: white sage" by Anna Kate Cannon
Saging the World (2022) by California Native Plant Society, Deborah Small, and Rose Ramirez

Leaves of california saltbush

Image by Dan Horowitz
"California Saltbush"
"Atriplex californica"
"Atriplex californica - Moq."
"Atriplex Californica"

blue elderberries on elderberry tree

Image by Machiko Yasuda
Film: Across from the Elderberry Tree (2017)

Yellow california poppies by a rock and a lake

Image by Christine Braaten
"California Poppy Uses and Plant Monograph" by Tara Ruth

Close up high contrast image of coyote mint flower

Image by Alan Rockefeller
"Mountain Coyote Mint: Monardella odoratissima"
"Plant of the Month (July) : Coyote mint – Monardella villosa" by Mother Nature's Back Yard

Nettle plant in the foreground; river and tree line in the background

Image by Blair
"Common Nettle: Urtica dioica" by Calscape

Red sand verbena

Image by wonton_soup
Abronia maritima by the U.S. Forest Service
"Beach Sand Verbena" by the Nature Collective