June 10, 2023—4th Annual California Native Ways Festival
Please join us on
Saturday, 10 June 2023, 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Ohlone Park, Berkeley, California
between Mc Gee and Grant Streets (easy access from BART – North Berkeley Station and AC Transit Bus Line 51B and 88).
Curated by Northern Sierra Mewuk basketweaver Jennifer Bates and featuring:
10:30 am — Official Welcome, Festival Opening
11:00 to 5:00 pm — Cultural Demonstrations & Artisan Vendors
2:00 pm — Special Panel: Restoring California Indian Place Names
3:00 pm & 4:00 pm — Storytelling for all ages
Interactive Traditional California Indian Games throughout the day
Featured Traditional Boat-builders (learn how they make their boats!)
L. Frank Manriquez (Tongva/Ajachmen) — Ti’aat – Plank Canoe
Redbird Willie (Pomo/Wailaki/Wintu) — Tule Canoe
Featured Traditional Artisan Demonstrators
George Blake (Karuk) — Jewelry Making
Dixie Rogers (Karuk/Modoc) — Basketry
Eric Wilder (Kashiya Pomo) — Graphic Design and Storytelling
Carson Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk) — Cordage Making
Meyo Marrufo (Eastern Pomo/Clear Lake) — Illustration
Julia & Lucy Parker (Miwok, Pomo/Coastal Miwok) — Basketry
Rico Miranda (Ohlone) — Interactive Native Games (great for kids!)
Austin Stevenot (Northern Sierra Mewuk) — Clapper Stick Making
Lois Conner-Bohna (Mono/Chukchansi) — Acorn Processing
Fred Velasquez (adopted Central Sierra Miwok) — Shell Bead Making
Kimberly Stevenot (Northern Sierra Mewuk) — Basketry
Jeanette Innerarity (Ione Band of Miwok Indians) — Storytelling
Julie Tex (Western Mono) — Soap Root Brushes
Eva Salazar (Kumeyaay) — Basketry
Featured Artisan Vendors
Johnny Clay (Pomo/Maidu) — Paintings, Greeting Cards, Clapper Sticks
Joann Denys (Esselen Ohlone) — Jewelry
Pauli Carroll — (Yurok/Hupa/Cherokee) Glass Art
QuarterPint Partida (Pomo) — Abalone Work
Wanda Quitiquit (Pomo) — Wood-burned Gourds
Tina Sherburn (Karuk) — Jewelry, Yew Wood Carvings
Alan Wallace (Nisenan Maidu/Washoe) — Paintings
Tiffany Adams (Chemehuevi/Konkow/Nisenan) — Jewelry, Fashion, Paintings
Nancy Napolitan (Coast Miwok/ Pomo) — Paintings (Oil, Water, Pastel
Bev Ortiz for Kathleen Smith (Coast Miwok/Pomo) — Paintings, Prints
Ty Day (Tuolumne Mewok) — MeWuk misc. Items, Arrows, Carvings, etc.
Monique Sonoquie (Tongva/Chumash/Yaqui/Zapotec/Irish) — Kelp Baskets, Acorn Soaps
Ursula Jones (Miwok/Paiute/Pomo/Coast Miwok) — Baskets, etc.
Eva Ellingson (Walker River Paiute/Mono/Washoe) — Jewelry
Vivian Snyder (Yurok) — Clay Dolls, Jewelry
Susan Billy (Pomo) — Abalone, Earrings, Books
Featured Information Tables
Alliance for Felix Cove
California Indian Heritage Center
Campaign to Save the West Berkeley Shellmound
California Institute for Community, Art & Nature
Friends of Ohlone Park
All photos by Austin Stevenot (Northern Sierra Mewuk) for California I CAN
Sponsored by:
California Institute for Community, Art & Nature
California Arts Council
City of Berkeley Civic Arts Department
Friends of Ohlone Park
Earth Island Institute
Cal Humanities