Led by the Robinson Rancheria Tribal Fisheries Biologist and an Adivsory Group of Elders from the 7 Tribes surrounding Clear Lake, this partnership with Northeastern University at Mills College focuses on providing the training and resources for Tribal Youth to listen to stories gifted by their Elders, record them in culturally appropriate and Tribally-controlled ways, and to produce a story map about the endangered Clear Lake Hitch as part of a suite of deliverables that focuses on intergenerational knowledge transfer. See some of our Community Advisory Group members make cameos in the trailer for the upcoming movie about Xabatin here: https://xabatin.org.
The StoryMap, with Jocelyn’s brilliant animation, will remain live in perpetuity at this link: https://arcg.is/0iby4m0
It is also a part of the California Native American Studies Model Curriculum (it is slated to be included in this unit on food sovereignty) and it is being considered for inclusion in the Lake County K-12 curriculum alongside the Xabatin: Big Science unit.