Kiliii Yuyan Photographer

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Left: Ali Meders-Knight, Master TEK practitioner and Mechoopda tribal member, harvests grass stems from deergrass (Ósoko sáwi), that has been selectively managed through the use of indigenous prescribed burns at Verbena Fields in Chico, California.

Right: Gathering and cleaning stalks of a California native grass in Big Chico Ecological Reserve for Miwok traditional basket weaving.

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