Shasta Stories is a community centered documentary series highlighting the humanity, history, humor, and fortitude of Siskiyou County locals and culture.
Shasta Stories — A Northern California Documentary Series
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Field Advantage
—Generational Mexican-American stories of how Tulelake became bilingual—
Mexicans and Homesteaders work together keeping agriculture alive and learning to acknowledge their entangled past together, despite language gaps and even deafness, they are providing the next generation of youth.
Out of Place
—First-hand Japanese and Modoc rememberings in Tulelake —
Mitzi and Cheewa share about their cultures’ unmarked graves in Tulelake and how they have preserved their family history despite incarceration camps and Indian schools.
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Full Circle
—An artist and elder's journey to learn his own culture—
As a Karuk elder born with disabilities, Franklin was told he couldn't do what he wanted, which only motivated him to do just that, to speak his native language.
We Exist
—An intimate look on the current generation of Hobos and why it's so tough to grow old—
Dunsmuir bound musician, Sweet Bean Selene, talks about life as a hobo and how the train towns and communities have changed over the years— and their hope of becoming elders.
The Wild Ones
—Untamed stories of Hornbrook's wild residents & how they band together—
Together in the shrunken and rural town of Hornbrook lives a slice of the Wild West with a spectrum of wild individuals, wild horses, and wild fires with a vision for how to help each other.
Byrds of a Feather
—The story of Charlie Byrd; California's first Black Sheriff from Lincoln Heights in Weed—
Friends and family members talk about the late Charlie Byrd, the first Black sheriff in California; the birth and loss of the cultural Black neighborhood of Lincoln Heights in Weed, and what it’s like being Black in Siskiyou County
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special new Shasta Stories Shorties!
Ding-Ding!
— a comical story about a teenage boy and a blonde bombshell at Texaco —
Shasta Stories Season I
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—Our Backyard Gypsies—
Past stories and current feelings of what it means to be a hippie in Mount Shasta.
—A Chip Off The 'Ol Block—
A third generation logger tells of his near death experiences.
—The Mayor Who Makes Sushi—
Michigan born man hitchhiked west and became a mayor who makes sushi at his facetiously eponymous pub.
—A Man Named After The Mountain—
New York born spiritual author shares his journeys and conversations with Saint Germain.
—Online With The Divine Since '69—
A gypsy tarot reader shares her world travels and how she escaped her Hollywood life.
—A Ski Bowl Doomed From The Start—
First hand stories from the last seventy years of skiing on Mount Shasta.
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—One of the Last Video Librarians—
The rise and fall of Mount Shasta’s video rental store, Couch Critics, and its owner’s memory control.
—Humor, Even Through War—
Two women from Germany tell of surviving WWII as children and how they remain playful even in their old age.
—Shepherd of Crystals—
Owner of The Crystal Room plays singing bowls and minds the Universe.
—Life and Death of a Sharpener—
Recently deceased Vietnam vet talks about working at the mortuary, sharpening knives and his own death sentence.
—A Love Story of a Musician & a Poet—
Dianna plays piano while Scott tells how they met and how they live.
—A Visionary of the Spirit—
A blind man from the Cherokee's Bird Clan plays his flute, throws tomahawks, and chops wood.
—From Here to There, By Foot—
Two men from different ages share the that best way to get across America is to walk across it.
—A No-Nonsense Doer of a Woman—
Owner of the Weed Mercantile since 1996 and part of Weed's active history.
—A Miner With A Heart of Gold—
President of the Eagle's Lodge builds mini golf courses, bar-room Olympics, and laser shows with a skeleton in the closet.
—The Old Fart of Mount Shasta—
A jovial carpenter straddles various decades amidst his trains, phones, and automobiles.
We are in the process
of creating 12 new Shasta Stories
episodes—
stay tuned!
This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a partner of the NEH, The Ford Family Foundation, Upstate California Creative Corps, and the Community Foundation of the North State. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in Shasta Stories do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Ford Family Foundation, Upstate California Creative Corps, and the Community Foundation of the North State.