GeomorphIS Team to Conduct Ethnographic Study for Lassen National Forest, California

The USDA Forest Service has tasked a GeomorphIS team (GeomorphIS, Algonquin Consultants, and G2 Archaeology) to provide a written report synthesizing existing ethnographic, and other appropriate historical accounts of Ishi’s use and significance and Yana/Yahi use within the Lassen National Forest, specifically the Ishi Wilderness Area, California. This report will provide a summary and map of areas used by Ishi and the Yana/Yahi and will identify areas where cultural and geographic discrepancies exist in the written accounts. Archaeological survey of up to 1000 acres of high probability areas related to Ishi and Yana/Yahi occupation. The Project’s direct goal is to enable the Lassen National Forest to better understand target field verification of Ishi’s sites and use areas in the Ishi Wilderness and Lassen National Forest.