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Weekly outline and lesson plan for Native American (probably Habematolel Pomo) children at Upper Lake Day School, California, from May 20, to May 27, 1912. 
“Subject for May -- Politeness”
File Unit: [Indian School Lesson Plans 1912], 1912 - 1912
Series: Records Related to Agency Day and Boarding Schools, 1910 - 1917
Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999
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Weekly Outlines
Teacher...Edwin Tabor
Day School Upper Lake, Cal.
From May 20, to May 27, 1912
Opening Exercises
Subject for May -- Politeness
Quotations
  At roll call from memory.
Songs
  Pentecostal Hymns, selected by pupils
Reading
  By teacher from Bible or other selections
Lords Prayer
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Flag Salute
    Physical Culture
Gymnastics
    General Calisthenics
Games
  Ball, Races, Party Games etc.
Breathing Exercises (in open air)
[page 2]
Reading
  B. Woosters Chart lesson 22-25
  Ba. The Rose Primer page 75-85
  1G. New Educational Reader No.1, pg. 110-120
  2G. " " " No 2, pg. 87-91
Language
  B. Use new words in language work
  Ba. Talks and sentences about words in lesson
  1G. Sentence building & conversation
  2G. Elementary Eng. Text page 67-70
Spelling
  B. & Ba. { From words in Reading and
  1. & 2G. {  other lessons
Drawing
  B. & Ba. From work in Reading and
  1. & 2G. other lessons & drawing book
Geograph.
  B. Oral and local Geography
  Ba. " " " "
  1G. { Map work and study of
  2G. { Text Nat. Introductory page 16.
[page 3]
Hygiene
  B. & Ba. { Oral instruction use Primer of Hygiene
  1 & 2G. { as text, Chapter III.
Arithmetic
  B. Counting objects & Adding & Subtracting
  Ba. Woosters Primer Arith. page 39-41
  1G. Nat. Na Primer page 90-95
  2G. Milner Progressive Arith. page 32-34
Nature Study
  B. & Ba. { Study pansies etc transplanting
  1 & 2G. { in box
Penmanship
  B. & Ba. From copy on board and
  1. & 2G. from copy books.
Industrial work (girls)
  B. & Ba. Play dinner making bed etc. use dolls
  1G. { Lesson from outlines & making current
  2G. { pie etc. teach use of aprons.
Industrial work boys
  B. & Ba. Wood sawing gardening and
  1. & 2G. agriculture study.
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fatehbaz · 1 year
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The Clear Lake hitch (Lavinia exilicauda chi) is a rare endemic species of minnow living only in the Clear Lake watershed of northern California, a fish that was once a “symbol of abundance” for Indigenous people. In December 2022, the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians and the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake ask for immediate emergency protection of the hitch. The fish is in danger of extinction as the last observed successful breeding for the species was in 2017, and the creatures only have a six-year-long lifespan. US land management agencies say hitch numbers have “fallen to near zero.” However, in the past, there were millions of hitch in the watershed each year, and the fish was important to Indigenous food systems. Local “entrepreneurs” prefer to protect the introduced non-native bass, which voraciously preys on the endangered hitch. Clear Lake hosts dozens of bass tournaments each year, events large enough to attract international visitors. There is a past-time tradition (”hitching”) of children beating the hitch to death with baseball bats in the springtime as the hitch gather in streams to try to spawn. The hitch is also threatened by pesticides, runoff, and overuse of water for the region’s prominent local vineyards. The hitch is referred to as a “trash fish,” and some feel that this insults the importance of the fish to Pomo people.
Excerpts below from: Louis Sahagun of Los Angeles Times. “As a sacred minnow nears extinction, Native Americans of Clear Lake call for bold plan.” As published at Phys.org. 6 December 2022.
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Spring runs of a large minnow numbering in the millions have nourished Pomo Indians since they first made their home alongside Northern California’s Clear Lake more than 400 generations ago. The Clear Lake hitch glinted like silver dollars as they headed up the lake’s tributaries to spawn, a reliable squirming crop of plenty, steeped in history [...].
In all that time, the hitch’s domain, about 110 miles northwest of Sacramento, had never suffered the degradation of recent years.
Now, with a growing sense of sorrow, if not anger, the Pomo Indian tribes of Clear Lake are watching the symbol of abundance and security they call chi dwindle into extinction.
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On Monday [December 2022], they took the rare and drastic step of urging Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to use her emergency powers and invoke the federal Endangered Species Act on behalf of the Clear Lake hitch. “Bringing the chi back will require a bold plan of action devised by people with the power to move mountains,” said Ron Montez, tribal historic preservation officer for the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians. 
“I have almost zero confidence in state or federal officials to save the chi and our way of life,” Montez, 72, said. [...]
The Clear Lake hitch was designated as a threatened species under California’s Endangered Species Act in 2014. Since then, however, its numbers have fallen to near zero, according to recent surveys. 
Some causes of the hitch’s decline, however, seem extraordinarily difficult to fix: prolonged drought, mercury contamination, gravel mining, an overtaxed water distribution system, pesticides and runoff from vineyards [...], and predatory nonnative game fish. [...]
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The 2023 spring spawning season is crucial for the continued survival of the Clear Lake hitch, scientists say. That’s because the last observed successful spawning was in 2017. “Hitch have a six-year life span,” said Meg Townsend, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity. [...]
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But until its fate is known for certain, Michael Fris, a field supervisor at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said his agency is unlikely to list the hitch on an emergency basis. [...] That kind of talk prompted the Center for Biological Diversity, together with the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians and the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake to take their request for emergency listing to Haaland.
All involved agree that seeking intervention under the federal Endangered Species Act is an act of desperation. Only two species have been emergency-listed as federally endangered over the last 20 years: the Miami blue butterfly in 2011 and Nevada’s Dixie Valley toad earlier this year. [...]
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The hitch is a 12-inch-long minnow found only in and around the oldest, largest and perhaps most polluted and wildfire-prone watershed in California. In 2020, the Lake County region was charred by six of the 20 largest wildfires in state history. [...]
It’s been the poor luck of the hitch to require adequate stream flows in February, March and April to trek from the lake to spawning beds at the same time agricultural interests need water to defrost their vineyards.
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“An emergency listing would force people to consider alternatives to the way water is used in this region,” said Sarah Ryan, environmental director for the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians.
Beyond water flows, the prospect of emergency-listing the hitch raises other economically significant issues connected to the lake’s food chain: Zooplankton are eaten by shad, crayfish and hitch, which are favored by monster catfish and largemouth bass.
Clear Lake entrepreneurs host dozens of professional bass tournaments each year that are supported by contestants from around the world.
The most popular lures in local tackle shops are hitch replicas that cost up to $180 each. Other lures are made to resemble juvenile hitch and sold under a slogan that some people feel mocks the creature’s cultural importance to Pomo people: “The All-American Trash Fish.”
Over at [C.O.], a sporting goods store on the southern end of the lake, old-timers still talk about how local kids had a tradition of “hitching,” beating hitch to death with baseball bats for fun as they ascended streams to spawn in spring. 
They also grumble over the thought of new special protections for a nongame fish disrupting human pastimes for any reason [...].
"The reason our bass grow so big is that they love to eat hitch," mused [D.B.], owner of [C.O.]. "So, when customers ask me, 'Where can I catch the biggest bass of my life?' " he added, "I send them to places hitch hang out in."
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That kind of banter and lore suggests that unless government agencies yield to Native American concerns, they are headed for a showdown of complicated and competing values.
“The way some people ridicule hitch makes me wonder what they think about the folks who eat them,” lamented Robert Geary, cultural resources director for the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake. [...]
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At the heart of the matter is that Pomo people [...] did not consider their native attitudes and lifestyles to be an expendable price of living in America.
Yet, their modern history is told mostly through economic hardship, rip-offs, massacres and environmental destruction.
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Headline, image, caption, and text by: Louis Sahagun of Los Angeles Times. “As a sacred minnow nears extinction, Native Americans of Clear Lake call for bold plan.” As published at Phys.org. 6 December 2022. [First paragraph in this post added by me.]
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lakeconews · 10 months
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Habematolel Pomo tribe receives grant to expand broadband services for tribal and nontribal households in Upper Lake community
UPPER LAKE, Calif. — Households on the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Rancheria facing barriers to internet access will soon have access to high-quality, high-speed broadband services thanks to a $500,000 federal grant.
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nativenewsonline · 6 years
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Debunking Tribal Lending Myths
Debunking Tribal Lending Myths
The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake in California runs a successful Native loan company. Commentary Published April 16, 2018 There are 573 federally recognized American Indian tribes in the United States. Contrary to popular belief, only about half of these sovereign nations operate in the gaming sector. This is due to a number of reasons, the main one being geography. A majority of sovereign…
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lakeconews · 11 months
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Habematolel Pomo tribe supports Northshore Fire Protection District with $80,000 donation
UPPER LAKE, Calif. — The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake tribe presented an $80,000 check to support the emergency response efforts of the Northshore Fire Protection District.
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lakeconews · 1 year
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Habematolel Pomo tribe donates to Northshore Fire; funds help with equipment, fire crew development
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Habematolel Pomo tribe of Upper Lake has made a substantial donation to increase the Northshore Fire Protection District’s ability to respond to fires.
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lakeconews · 5 years
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Supervisors support Habematolel tribe’s latest trust application
LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors gave its support to the Habematolel Pomo tribe’s latest application to put tribally owned land into federal trust.
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lakeconews · 5 years
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Supervisors support Habematolel Pomo trust application for community center
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Habematolel Pomo’s proposal to place its community center in downtown Upper Lake into federal trust received the Board of Supervisors’ unanimous approval on Tuesday.
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lakeconews · 5 years
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Board of Supervisors to consider responding to BIA over Habematolel Pomo trust application
LAKEPORT, Calif. – A week after it resolved issues over proposed letters to the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding the Big Valley Rancheria’s fee to trust land applications, the Board of Supervisors will consider responses to the BIA for a trust application submitted by the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake.
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lakeconews · 5 years
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Mendocino National Forest, Habematolel Pomo tribe reestablish traditional plants along Middle Creek
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Mendocino National Forest and the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake are teaming up on a project to reestablish native riparian vegetation along Middle Creek on the Upper Lake Ranger District. 
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lakeconews · 5 years
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Habematolel Pomo tribe donates to Lake County Attendance Challenge
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Tribe donated $4,000 to the Lake County Office of Education to be awarded to the six Lake County schools with the best attendance during the 2018-2019 countywide Attendance Challenge.
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lakeconews · 6 years
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Bill strengthening relationship between Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake and the state passes
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) has passed AB 1966 to ratify a tribal compact between the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Tribe and the state of California. 
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lakeconews · 6 years
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FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Upper Lake helps dozens of fire victims daily
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Lake County residents affected by the Mendocino Complex fires can now access recovery and relief services and resources at the newly established Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Recovery Center, located at the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Community Center in Upper Lake.
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lakeconews · 6 years
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Habematolel Pomo donate to Lake County Attendance Challenge
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Tribe donated $1,500 to the Lake County Office of Education to be awarded to the three Lake County schools with the best attendance during the LCOE Inaugural Attendance Challenge.
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lakeconews · 6 years
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Habematolel tribe makes contribution to Northshore Fire
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – As part of an ongoing commitment to assist community organizations, the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake has made an $80,000 contribution to benefit the Northshore Fire Protection District.
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lakeconews · 7 years
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Habematolel tribe creates fund to help family of domestic violence victim
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Habematolel Pomo tribe of Upper Lake has started a fund to help the children of a tribal member who died last week during a domestic violence assault.
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