If you can only buy one video on California Indians, this one from the superior California Legacy 2000 series is my current favorite. It shows a variety of modern California Indians teaching how to do and maintain their traditional ways. Viewers will watch the collection and preparation of basket-making materials, acorn preparation (including cooking in a basket heated by hot rocks), soap root brush making, dancing, and storytelling. The demonstrators are very human in their narration, making them real to viewers who usually only think of Native Americans as people in the past. video, 23 minutes Grades 4 up. [4.2] |