Friends of China Camp This event has been cancelled by the shelter-in-place directive issued by the county of marin. for more information click here. March 21st Miwok Walk Click here to reserve your space. Join naturalist Jerry Coe for an educational walk as he discusses the pre-colonial settlements of the coastal Miwok people at... Read more »
This event has been cancelled due to public health concerns surrounding the coronavirus. The California State Parks administration has issued an order stating that for events under 250 people, participants will need to practice social distancing of at least 6 feet at all times. The size of the Village Museum... Read more »
This event has been cancelled by the shelter-in-place directive issued by the county of marin. for more information click here. March 29th Naturalist Book Club Join us as we discuss Dan Flores’s fascinating book- Coyote America Click here to reserve your space The New York Times best-selling account of... Read more »
The portion of Shoreline trail behind Backranch Meadows Campground and Back Ranch Fire Trail from the campground to Bayview Trail will be closed. There will be major trail work at the intersection of Shore Line Trail and Back Ranch Fire Road from April 6th to April 9th. Large equipment and... Read more »
October 2, 2020 Heritage Month The History of China Camp & the Chinese-American Diaspora For our October 2nd Heritage Month lecture, we will journey back in time to see life as it was along the San Pablo shoreline in the mid 1800s. The Gold Rush had ended and... Read more »
(Online Event For Members Only) In honor of China Camp’s 2020 Heritage Month, join us for Q&A with Milton Quan (shown here with cousin Georgette). Milton, a charming and witty storyteller, will discuss his unique and rustic childhood growing up in China Camp Village in the 1940s and ‘50s. He’ll... Read more »
October 18th Heritage Month Miwok Songs and Storytelling Want to know how Falcon Man and his Grandfather Coyote brought music to the Miwok people? Listen to this tale and more at a special storytelling event led by Alicia Mary Retes, Education Director at the Museum of the American Indian... Read more »
October 25, 2020 Online Naturalist Book Club Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Join us for a lively interactive program as we discuss Robin Wall Kimmerer’s profound book, Braiding Sweetgrass. In her award-winning book, Kimmerer, a botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation,... Read more »
This event has been postponed to november 1st due to statewide pg&e power shutoffs. On November 1st, join us for this family- friendly program with our very special guest, Sky Road Webb, a Tomales Bay Miwok and board member of the Museum of the American Indian. Sky will share the ... Read more »
Take a walk with Pleistocene giants as we explore the larger-than-life inhabitants that once graced China Camp’s shores. (Illustration by Karen Carr) Mammoths in the marsh, sloths in the sloughs, saber-tooths in the streams, condors in the conifers, Elk in the estuary: meet the original megafauna friends of China Camp.... Read more »
Online: Annual Friends of China Camp Community Meeting November 15, 10 a.m. Join Friends of China Camp’s annual community meeting to learn about our operational accomplishments and challenges in 2020, as well as plans and ideas for China Camp in the year ahead. Location: Zoom Web Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6503431822 Meeting ID:... Read more »
Join naturalist Jerry Coe for an educational Zoom discussion as he discusses the pre-colonial settlements of the indigenous people in the San Francisco Bay Area. He will cover the history of the Miwok and Ohlone people, how they survived within the landscape, and some of their common cultural practices. It... Read more »
