Tagged: Native Americans

New spider name salutes Native American ties

This is a female Cryptocteniza kawtak. (Photo courtesy Jason Bond, UC Davis) A once-in-a-lifetime discovery now has a name: Cryptocteniza kawtak . That blend of Latin and Mutsun was the winning entry in a...

Tasty tubers have long history and Native American roots

Serve the crispy fried sunchokes with cheese, chives and lemon wedges. (Photos: Debbie Arrington) Recipe: Crispy sunchokes make interesting side dish These are freshly dug sunchokes, roots still attached. Were sunchokes part of the...