Talks look at Yurok basketry, Wiyot cultural plants

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Talks look at Yurok basketry, Wiyot cultural plants

As part of its annual Wildflower Show, the California Native Plant Society will offer two presentations featuring the Indigenous perspective on California native plants The talks are scheduled for May 4 and 5 at 1:30 p.m. at the Jefferson Community Center, 1000 B St., Eureka. On May 4, Shirley Laos will present “An Overview of Traditional Yurok Basketry.” Laos, of Yurok, Karuk and Chetco descent and an enrolled member of the Cher-Ae Heights Trin…