Updates

See below for updates on our various projects.

Harvest Windows

Shannon, Sarah, Jude, Mindy, Shelly, and Becky attended the Shannon attended the California Indian Basket Weevers Association's annual gathering at Graton Rancheria (June 2026).

From left to right: Shannon, Shelly, Mindy, Jude, Becky and Sarah at CIBA.

Shannon attended the Society for American Archaeology meeting in San Francisco and presented as part of an invited session on Contemporary Issues in California Archaeology (May 2026). The talk was entitled: "Illuminating Biocultural Legacies: A Braided Approach to Cultural Nice Construction in Contemporary California Archaeology"

Tule Project

The historic 2019 tule boat will be on display on at the Cal Academy until the end of July! Come visit to see the boat!

On June 18th we hosted a "Tule Boat Public Welcoming & Stewardship Celebration" at CAS. At the event we formally celbrated the ground breaking donation of an Ohlone/Bay Miwok tule boat from NaCRI and honored the ongoing partnership between NaCRI, ARO and CAS. The event featured remarks from Gregg, Bev, Laurie, Shannon and other staff at CAS who have helped to display the boat at Cal Academy.

(Left) Flyer from the event. (Right) Shannon presenting at the event.

Archaeobotany

Lucy Katzman-Tranah received the Society for California Archaeology's Shannon Mahoney Memorial Scholarship (March 2026), congratulations Lucy!