Pump drill

Local children learning about pump drills.

Baskets and games

Local children learning about basket weaving and indigenous games.

Acorn ring toss game

Local children learning acorn ring toss--A traditional Native Californian children’s game.

Gathering acorns

Gathering acorns from the ground once they have fallen.

Acorn screening/filtering

Working together to sift out acorns and prepare for storage.

Cleaning acorns

Tribal members cleaning acorns after they've been gathered.

Acorn granary

An acorn granary is a traditional Native Californian storage structure used to keep acorns dry, safe from insects, and protected for year‑round food use

Harvesting yucca to roast

We use a digging stick or shovel to loosen the soil, then pull the root free, then trim off the tough outer layers.

Preparing the yucca plant for roasting.

Roasting yucca is as simple as cutting the root or inner stalk into chunks and cooking it slowly over coals or in an oven until it turns soft and sweet. Once roasted, you peel off the outer layer and eat the tender, nutty inside.

Roasted yucca

After the fire has burned down to hot coals, we harvest yucca by pulling out the softened root (inner stalk) with a digging stick or tongs. The heat loosens the fibers, so the roasted yucca lifts out easily and the sweet, tender inside can be peeled and eaten right away.