Marie Potts, Maidu traditionalist, at eighty-one, looks back to the days of her childhood to give an unforgettable and personal account of the history and culture of the Northern Maidu. Their territory approximated what is today the California counties of Lassen, Butte, and Plumas. Barbara Brown notes: I loved Marie, strongly wishing she were my real grandmother, as we camped, cooked and laughed together over campfires.