December 2008
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Torrey Pinecone A news bulletin for the Torrey Pines Docent Society December 2008 Docent Holiday Party FLORENCE CONNOLLY th SHIPEK (1918-2003) Saturday, December 13 , 11 a.m. Occupation Potluck at the Lodge (see page 5 for details) Anthropologist Expert witness in San Diego Indian land and water rights Life with Florence Shipek language, history, and ethnobotany. Professor by Judy Schulman The college would only accept the Publications Little did Carl Shipek know when he donation of her papers if Carl came Delfina Cuero: Her Autobiography, an took on the daunting task of being the along with it. Now as their archivist, Account of the Rest of Her Life and Her Ethnobotanic Contributions executor of his mother’s will, sorting he maintains the collections. He also rd (published 1968, reprinted 1991) through her papers (his mother was makes presentations to 3 and 4th noted anthropologist Florence graders about Kumeyaay culture and Pushed Into the Rocks: Southern Connolly Shipek-see side bar) that it history. The college is working on a California Land Tenure 1769-1986 (published 1987) would take him two years. Nor did digitalization process to get her writings online. She has written many articles for he know then that it would lead to a anthropological journals and new career as an archivist. Growing up, his first recollection of contributed chapters in books. Native Americans was a trip his Awards parents “dragged” him to in Tucson, Professor Emerita, University of Arizona where they went to school. Wisconsin-Parkside He remembers being impressed by 2002-SOHO People in Preservation Indian art work, especially the silver Lifetime Achievement Award buckles. He just knew mom was an 1992-First Spirit of Kumeyaay Award anthropologist. Then Rancho 1987-1988-first Costo Professor of Cuyamaca at Green Valley Falls American Indian History, University hired her. He spent a lot of time in of California Riverside the Dyar House. His recollections 1986-named Distinguished Scholar by will be used to aid in the the Southwestern Anthropological reconstruction of this historic Association building, which burned down in the Education 2003 Cedar Fire. He travelled with University of Arizona (BA and MA) his parents identifying anthropo- University of Hawaii (Ph.D.) logical sites and gold mining sites. How She Got Started Other memories include going to She married an oceanographer /marine Campo and that Delfina Cuero was a geologist and moved to San Diego in the early 1950s. Her relationship with Photo by Herb Knufken guest at his mother’s Point Loma the local Native Americans began in An extensive collection of documents home. 1954 as a church volunteer helping was donated to the Kumeyaay Indians suddenly cut off from federal After two tours of duty in Viet Nam, support by an act of Congress (Public Community College at Sycuan. His he began to understand what his Law 280) mother’s works included research on mother was trying to do. Not only Torrey Pinecone December 2008 1 was she a Ph.D. and a professor, but • The missionaries would pour water the Docent Society has been she had also published a number of over their heads to baptize them responsible for the festival. books and articles. In the 1970s, his and then think they owned them. wife served as his mother’s driver. The Native Americans were She spent a lot of time with her and wondering why they were having Kumeyaay elder Rosalie Pinto. water poured over their heads. One of the most important lessons • Those that did convert were told Carl learned was the difference in the they could return to their villages, way Native Americans and non- but if they were caught they were Native Americans see the world and beaten or killed. our environment. In western • Those that were imprisoned were philosophy, we want to know where let out for a few hours to see how we physically are with pinpoint “happy” the other converts were. accuracy. But for Native Americans Then they were taken back to their location is based on a total picture. cells. He gave an example of taking Delfina Cuero to an area in Mission Valley • Their original names were taken that she had previously known. She away and they were given kept saying it was not right. In the baptismal names. To keep intervening years since her last visit, connected with nature, they tried to the hilltop had been chopped down. take names that connected them Photo by Herb Knufken She had in her mind a picture of what with the earth or sky (Robles-oak the valley had looked like before. trees, Pina-pine nuts, Romero-a Lodge Duty: (Irene Larrimore) She is quoted as having said “Oh the type of herb, Miranda-Spanish for There are a few Duty openings in poor land!” looking and walking) December. In her collection, he found a scene November Docent Communications: (Steve Usher for book for slides from a high school Meeting Notes Roger Isaacson) The Flower project begun in 1979. There is an Excerpted from notes from the TPDS Brochure is close to completion. We hope to have the Brochure out in accompanying audio file of General Meeting, November 8, 2008 early 2009. Kumeyaay elders talking about their by Secretary, Ann Williamson. recollections of the effects of the Complete minutes in docent library. Training: (Jeff Spivak) Training mission system on their grandparents. will start again in February. Jeff will The docents were given a 25-minute Treasurer’s Report: (Priscilla bring a signup sheet to the January presentation from this over two-hour Lewis) So far this year we have about meeting to recruit docent walk slide show. The main point of this, $53,000 in income. We are ahead of leaders and mentors to help with sometimes painful presentation, was where we were at this date in 2007. training. the disparity between how the We have kept a tight watch on missions saw their treatment of the expenses, so that we have a positive Library: (Mike Yang) The bad local natives versus how they actually cash flow of about $5,000. news: four items have been gone for felt and were treated. This is Children’s Program: (Cecily more than six months and have been exemplified by the following Goode) Schools have signed up for declared lost forever. Two DVDs and observations. all but two days of the 2008 – 2009 two books-- Native Plants by school year programs. Cecily thanked Margaret Fillius and The Natural • Despite steady declines in the local Laura Lowenstein for her many World of California Indians by Native American population, the hours of work setting up the Robert Heizer. The librarians will missionaries insisted these people programs with the schools. Several replace all four items. The good were happy. new docents have been news: We have three new books. • The rigid structure of the missions enthusiastically leading walks. • The Painted Rocks by Ruth Alter was foreign to Native Americans. Docent of the Month: (Steve They didn’t need to grow crops as Usher) Connie Beardsley was • A Teacher’s Guide to Historical nature provided what they needed. selected this month for her great job and Contemporary Kumeyaay They were forced into agriculture coordinating the Plein Air Art Culture by Hoffman and Gamble and construction. Festival. Although this is the second • Amazing Insects by Laurence year for the event, this is the first time Mound 2 Torrey Pinecone December 2008 Bookstore: (Nancy Woodworth) where they were, and it took a while were very successful with both Nancy thanked all who helped with for the ranger staff and the lifeguards children and adults participating. the bookstore during the Plein Air to locate them. The two had walked Docent volunteers worked very hard Festival. Hiking sticks are now on south on North Torrey Pines Road to at the event and did a good job. Next sale. Each stick has a unique height the reserve and up an off-limits deer year we plan to do this again. We and weight. Docent price is $15.95. trail before getting stuck, unable to could do it by ourselves with local The bookstore is also selling docent- climb down the way they had come. artists instead of the national artists created holiday ornaments and craft The lifeguards decided to call the San brought in by the hotel. items. Long-sleeved blue and gray T- Diego Fire Department who did a The second half of the festival was at shirts have come in. Nancy reminded helicopter rescue of the pair. The man the hotel, The Lodge at Torrey Pines. us that for those who want their own and woman were handcuffed, The winner of the joint Torrey Pines copies, both Delfina Cuero and The ticketed, and later released. Association (TPA)/TPDS “Spirit of Painted Rocks are available in the California Conservation Corps the Reserve” prize was Scott Prior. bookstore as well as in the library. (CCC) work: Yucca Point is Prior painted from a point near Trail Patrol: (Mike Pisor) Training complete. We still want to have a Flat Roberto’s on Carmel Valley Road. for new Trail Patrol members will be Rock interpretive sign at Yucca His painting shows the view from the held Saturday, January 17, at 10:00 Point. Razor Point work is 50% road up to the Visitor Center. We do a.m. Ranger Kyle Knox will do the complete. The CCC has also started not have the final financial results training. If you would like to do Trail work on the trail above the Canyon of from our activities or the results from Patrol and have not been trained, the Swifts.