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Kumeyaay Elder Jane Dumas Keeps Language <span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">&</span> Plant Lore Alive</h1><h3 class="" style="font-size:1.25em;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px 15px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:20px;color:rgb(119,119,119);font-style:italic">
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013</p><p class="" style="font-size:0.85em;margin:0px;padding:0px 15px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:7px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">
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On a bright and clear weekend morning in early October, there’s a flutter of activity at San Diego’s<a href="http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/osp/tecolote/index.shtml" style="outline:none;color:rgb(1,81,144)">Tecolote Nature Center</a> as staff get ready for an annual family activity, “Baskets and Botany.” The one-day event, which has been held there since the mid-'90s, is a day for families to share the environmental and cultural connections of Tecolote Canyon.</p>
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Jim Spadoni</p><p class="" style="font-size:0.9em;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.3em">Jane Dumas, American Indian Heritage Month honoree for 2013 holds white sage leaves to ward off evil spirits.</p>
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