This semester’s Nature and World Cultures students outdid themselves with substantive, professional work: projects focusing on the challenges of retaining and revitalizing biocultural diversity (ancestral lands and waters, culturally significant biota, indigenous languages), in collaboration with Northern Californian tribes.
MICRODOCUMENTARIES:
California Native Americans: Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation – YouTube video by Mary Yang, Jordan Zuchowski, and Catherine Utman
Also see: two new Winnemen Wintu Microdocumentaries on YouTube: short and long. Plus, an ultra-cool Prezi on the Hoopa Tribe and the Salmon.
ANIMATED BILINGUAL STORIES:
How We Got Our Hands: A Wukchumni Story of Origin, told by Marie Wilcox. YouTube video by Nick Bellin, Jeff Hartung, Patrick Bacungan, Itzel Coronel, and Sami Boutros.
The Whale in the Creek: A Kashaya Pomo Story, told by Herman James. YouTube video by Dennis Yu, Janie Dusenberry, Lauren Malady, Patricia Andrews and Edgar Garibay.
Coyote and the Two Girls: A Kashaya Pomo Story, told by Herman James. One Video by Ekaterine Franco, Amanda Morgan, Amelin Norzamini, Cori Majewski, and Jaskaran Dhami.
Also see: How the Ocean was Created (Kashaya Pomo, Herman James) on YouTube.
JEANINE PFEIFFER 
Thanks for sharing this excellent project. Very informative and interesting. Hope to see more video-interviews / reports from your students
Much appreciated.
Cheers
JB
Every semester, we have more completed projects. And if you’re attending the 2015 Society of Ethnobiology conference this May 6-9 at UC Santa Barbara, we’ll be showcasing student films during the Thursday and Friday lunch sessions.
thanks for the info.