{"id":44138,"date":"2026-05-27T13:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/?post_type=exhibits&#038;p=44138"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:08:12","slug":"yuutka","status":"publish","type":"exhibits","link":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/exhibits\/yuutka\/","title":{"rendered":"yuutka: the Place of the Acorn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-ultraviolet-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lessons From the Land<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>yuutka is a Chochenyo word that translates to the \u201cplace of the acorn.\u201d Beneath the shade of three black oak trees, explore Ohlone abundance and learn to gather acorns with Auntie Dottie, the wise matriarch of the East Bay Ohlone people today. Auntie Dottie teaches you how to gather while being kind to all the life the acorn sustains and treating the land with respect. Watch out\u2014if you don\u2019t gather right, she\u2019ll let you know! It\u2019s all out of love and making sure you do this the right way, as she was taught by her elders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibit was developed in partnership with Ohlone youth as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/news\/the-lawrence-to-co-develop-mixed-reality-exhibits-with-ohlone-youth\/\" data-type=\"news\" data-id=\"23252\">tappenek\u0161ekma Ohlone Science Ambassadors program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yuutka-3-up-B.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44139\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yuutka-3-up-A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44140\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yuutka-3-up-C.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44141\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns padding-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. <em>2241805<\/em>. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:333px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nsf.jpg\" alt=\"NSF\" class=\"wp-image-12023\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:contain;width:333px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lessons From the Land yuutka is a Chochenyo word that translates to the \u201cplace of the acorn.\u201d Beneath the shade&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":44143,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44138","exhibits","type-exhibits","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibit","category-featured-exhibits"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibits\/44138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibits"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibits"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibits\/44138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44205,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibits\/44138\/revisions\/44205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}