Why Oak Flat is a sacred place for the Apache
Waya Brown, barefoot and clad in a flicker-feather headdress and red-tailed hawk cape, waved a handful of feathers toward the ground.
Brown, who is Apache and Pomo, twirled in a circle as he blew a double cane whistle.
His father rattled a bamboo stick and sang in the Pomo language, while his aunt pounded on a deerskin drum. His sister and cousins danced in place as they all blessed the ground and those surrounding the circle.