Restoring Tribal Tending of Black Oak Acorns
The black oak tribal stewardship project aims to restore reciprocal caretaking relationships among tribally affiliated people with Yosemite and the oak groves. Currently working on a multi-year effort in gathering acorns, planting oak saplings and building burn piles to reduce heavy fuels in the groves and implement a prescribed landscape/cultural fire to kill off filbert weevil pests that larvae in the duff layers. As of 2023, nearly 1000 young black oak saplings with close to 100 different tribal participants including youth and elders. This short film about Black Oak Tribal Stewardship was produced by local Tribal film makers, Tisina Parker and Matthew Falcon. Thanks to Yosemite Conservancy donors for their support in funding this project.
- Non-Fiction Film Director
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- Senior Editor
- Documentary DP
- Sound Mixer
- Music Composer
- Sound Designer
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