Field trip to Chitcomini ’Árweh Wallaka-tka a UC Natural Reserve, Blue Oak Ranch Goal: Experiential learning about the land, plants and animals, and how they shape Indigenous culture and the vital role Indigenous Stewardship plays. The field trip will also provide in person time for the participants to share and get to know one another. Activities: Below is a potential framework for our time together at Blue Oak but the schedule be adapted to take advantage of guest experts and class participants willing to share their knowledge. Friday, April 22 3-5pm Arrive and settle into lodging 5pm Welcome circle 6:30pm Dinner 7:30 Opening remarks and the Muwekma Ohlone context (Invited -- Monica Arellano Muwekma Vice-Chair & Alan Leventhal, TBC) 9:00 Fireside desert Saturday, April 23 Potential topics: • Morning birds and animal life (Tanya Diamond and Ahiga Snyder) • Watershed landscapes (Sage and Adina) • Ecocultural history of Chitcomini ’Árweh Wallaka-tka (Roshanne Bakhtiary) • Nature journaling (Adina) • Share capstone project ideas (Breakouts) • Nighttime Bats (Chelsea Andreozzi) Sunday, April 24 Potential topics: • Butterfly walk • Community science and the California Phenology project (Someone from Susan Mazer’s group or Adina) • Using Seek/iNaturalist observations (Adina) • Making tea from the plants we find over the weekend (Sage La Pena) • Closing circle

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