Heritage Field Seminars

  Date Friday, May 16th, 2008

The Yosemite Association plans several heritage-focused field seminars in 2008.  Here’s are some descriptions:

Yosemite’s First People - Aug. 3, Yosemite Valley, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Local Native-American, Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, shares stories of thousands of years of Indian History.  $41/$35

Buffalo Soldiers of Yosemite - Sept. 14, Wawona, 9 a.m. to noon - Award-winning interpreter Shelton Johnson will introduce the Park’s first caretakers: African-American cavalrymen.  $20/$17

Latinos in the Landscape - Sept. 14, Wawona, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Naturalist Betsy Rivera brings the hidden history of the Sierra Nevada’s Hispanic heritage to light.  $20/$17

Free Park entry and camping are included with these courses.  For more details, visit www.yosemite.org/seminars or call 209-379-2321.