Tuesday, September 8, 2015

CONCOW MAIDU DREAM MAIL/ Maidem Kodom Stamp Fantasies by Eric Whollem/ NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS/ Concow Maidu Stories and Legends





MAIDEM KODOM DREAM COURIER MAIL
from Hiki the Snake at Oost Ho, or Bald Rock 
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist


DREAM COURIER MAIL FROM MAIDEM KODOM

Maidem Kodom, or the Country of the People, is the name that I have given to an imaginary Maidu Indian Nation State.  Oost Ho is the name of Bald Rock, an area in Butte County, California. Slome of the rock formations there are said to be the bones of Hiki, the great creator serpent. The stamps and mail you see here tell some of the stories of of the Concow Maidu of Northern California.

I wrote concerning the letter above:

  • This is a mythic letter from Hiki the Great Serpent who carved the valleys of California to Black Bear. or Chi Chi Pano, in Feather Falls Village, now a Ghost Town, as it used to be a logging town, once called Mooretown. It was bulldozed by the loggers so they could harvest the last of the big trees on Mooretown Ridge. There used to be a real USPS post office in that village.....a quaint town with rustic mountain cabins, a General Store as well as a community meeting hall.


ASSKOSSKOSS THE BLUE JAY
Maidem Kodom
2010
Eric Whollem
cyber stamp sheet
copyright by the artist



MAIDEM KODOM DREAM COURIER MAIL
from Chi Chi Te to Walter's Mine
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist




SPIRIT OF THE DEER MAN
Maidem Kodom
2010
Eric Whollem
cyber stamp sheet
copyright by the artist


MAIDEM KODOM GHOST COURIER MAIL
The Bluebelly Lizard Man to Captain Frank Day 
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist
GHOST MAIL

Bluebelly Lizard Man is from a legendary story of the Concow Maidu. According to Coyote Man, or Bob Rathbun, he is said to have dwelled not far from Stringtown.

Here the Lizard Man writes to Frank Day, the last of the tradtional old time Maidu headmen. Opatoni is the old name for Oroville, the place where the Kuksu Religion was formulated. Hipiningkodom is the Valley of Heaven, indicating the Sacramento Valley.




OOTI THE ACORN
Maidem Kodom
2010
Eric Whollem
cyber stamp sheet
copyright by the artist



MAIDEM KODOM GHOST COURIER MAIL
from Chi Chi Te to Camp Eighteen
2015
Eric Whollem
cyber art mail
copyright by the artist


CAMP EIGHTEEN

Camp Eighteen is the name of an old logging town, now long gone. It is about ten miles north of the site of Feather Falls Village, another logging town, also gone. Ghost stories are a big part of Concow Maidu folklore. Each family has it's own stories. Ooti Kollem means Acorn Woman. This name is a fantasy name, as we do not wish to unduly disturb the spirits of the departed.

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