Background
Ortiz, Beverly Ruth was born on February 5, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Joseph Antonio and Beverly Rae Ortiz.
(For centuries, the Yosemite Indians have been gathering a...)
For centuries, the Yosemite Indians have been gathering acorns, drying and storing them, and pounding, winnowing, sifting, leaching, and cooking them in a highly evolved, elegant, and skillful process. It Will Live Forever looks at Julia Parker, a Kashaya Pomo woman who married into the Yosemite Miwok tribe and is still practicing this traditional art as Indian women have done for generations. It Will Live Forever remains the only source of intimate descriptions of one of the most vital aspects of traditional California Indian life. It has sold more than 5,000 copies.
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Ortiz, Beverly Ruth was born on February 5, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Joseph Antonio and Beverly Rae Ortiz.
Bachelor of Science, University of California, Davis, 1974; postgrad, University of California, Berkeley, since 1993.
District historian, Plumas National Forest, Greenville, California, 1976; park technician, Yosemite National Park, Wawona, California, summers 1978-1981; naturalist, Bay Regional Park District, Oakland, California, since 1980; ethnographic consultant, Walnut Creek, California, since 1986. Consultant Mount Diablo State Park, Walnut Creek, 1990-1993, Healdsburg (California) Museum, 1989, Sonoma State University Academy Foundation, Inc., California, 1993-1995.
(For centuries, the Yosemite Indians have been gathering a...)
President, board member Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin, 1985-1989. Chair, commissioner Walnut Creek Park and Recreation Commission, 1988-1992. Founder, board directors, president Friends of Creeks in Urban Settings, Walnut Creek, since 1984.
Member of advisory committee Oyate, Berkeley, since 1990. Member Citizens Task Force on Creeks Restoration and Trails Master Plan, 1992-1993, Contra Costa CountyUrban Creeks Task Force, 1986-1988, Drainage Area 46 Task Force, 1986-1987, Walnut Creek in the Year 2000 Subcommittee on Open Space and Recreation, 1986. Member Phi Kappa Phi.