A handbook on finding, processing, and selling gold with historical information on gold mining.

Diving and Digging for Gold (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting)

Science & Math

Hill, Mary

Nature & Ecology

Naturegraph & Keven Brown Publications

A Supreme Art for the Weaver. The author gives step-by-step, well illustrated directions for recreating the beautiful and useful famous Pomo baskets.

Pomo Basketmaking A Supreme Art for the Weaver

History

Allen, Elsie

Americas

How the Indians, pioneers, and the early Spanish-Americans used many of the common wild plants for food, and medicinal uses, also including making shelters or making artifacts. This book has the answers Young Bracken fern shoots substitute for asparagus, clover for tea. Try a decoction made from mugwort next time you get poison oak. Plants are listed in categories such as water plants, shrubs, herbs, trees, vines with an illustration to help in identification. Warning is given to avoid poisonous plants.

Common Edible Useful Plants of the West (Outdoor and Nature)

Muriel Sweet

Biological Sciences

The Northern Maidu

Marie Potts, Maidu traditionalist, at eighty-one, looks back to the days of her childhood to give an unforgettable and personal account of the history and culture of the Northern Maidu. Their territory approximated what is today the California counties of Lassen, Butte, and Plumas. Barbara Brown notes: I loved Marie, strongly wishing she were my real grandmother, as we camped, cooked and laughed together over campfires.

Politics & Social Sciences

Potts, Marie

Social Sciences

Patternsized illustrations of designs suitable for quilts, clothing, embroidery. Each with the source identified.

Indian Designs: For Use as Quilt Patterns, Needlepoint, Applique, Machine and Hand Embroidery, Clothing, Trapunto, Fabric Painting, Crafts Projects ... Other Uses (Native American (Paperback))

Arts & Photography

Villasenor, David

Villasenor, Jean

History & Criticism

By Rosemary Holsinger with illustrator, P.I. Piemme. These tales, charming for all ages, come from the storytelling heritage of the Shasta, an Indian tribe that lived in the presence of the highest mountain in Northern California. A variety of myths recount the story of creation, of the animals, especially Coyote, Eagle, Bear, and phenomena such as Why Crickets are Black, Why the Sun Rolls, or Racing with Thunder.

Shasta Indian Tales

Holsinger, Rosemary

A guide to foraging and preparing highly nutritious sea vegetables. Classification with illustrations, where they grow, harvesting, storage, table of nutritional equivalents, protein comparison, and numerous recipes are given. Try nature's bounty. Seaweed fertilizer and compost is great for gardens. As you collect, clean and create the recipes, any concept of seaweed being "that icky washed up stuff on the shore" will be erased.

Sea Vegetables, Harvesting Guide

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

McConnaughey, Evelyn

Cooking by Ingredient

This book is complete for use as a college course, and yet simple to be used by the ordinary lay person to recognize the common edible and poisonous mushrooms with confidence after reading this book by a college biology professor. Of special importance is the identifcation of what is termed "the Foolproof Four and a chapter on the "Fatal Five". Seven safety rules are among the guidelines given. Detailed descriptions and illustrations for over 300 sapecies and delicious recipes.

The Mushroom Manual

Pearson, Lorentz C.

Making Native American Pottery

Michael Simpson tells in easy-to-understand steps, according to traditional methods, how to make several types of Native American pots.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Michael, Simpson

Crafts & Hobbies

Among the mountains that flank the Klamath River, the home of the legendary Sasquatch, there still lives a people that anthropologists believe to be descendants of the original inhabitants of California. The Karuk, in this northernmost wilderness, developed a culture known for exquisite baskets, wood carvings, and expressive ceremonies. A book suited to both scholar and layman.

Karuk The Upriver People

Biographies & Memoirs

Bell, Maureen

Community & Culture

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