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TRIBES INDIGENOUS TO NEVADA
 Northern
Paiute Southern
Paiute Shoshone Washoe
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Paiute |
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General Information |
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In the traditional
lifeways, each village
had a "headman" who
enforced law.
Source: Rasmussen,
R Kent. American
Indian Tribes.
Salem Press Inc: New
Jersey, 2000. E 77.
A53 2000 |
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Wovoka, also known
as Jack Wilson, was
a Northern Paiute
whose religious pronouncements
spread his Ghost Dance
among many tribes
across the American
West.
Source:http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/wovoka.htm |
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Paiute
religion stressed
belief in a world
inhabited by many
spirits.
Source: Rasmussen,
R Kent. American
Indian Tribes.
Salem Press In New
Jersey, 2000. E 77.
A53 2000 |
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Nellie Shaw Harnar,
a Northern Paiute,
was named Nevada's
Outstanding Woman
of theYear in 1975
for her support in
Nevada to get monuments
erected to the memory
of Sarah Winnemucca.
Source: Bataille,
Gretchen M and Laurie
Lisa. Native American
Women: A Biographical
Dictionary. Routledge:
New York, 2001. E
98. W8 B38 2001 |
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Sarah
Winnemucca Hopkins's
Paiute name was Thocmeton,
pronounced Tos-me-to-ne,
which literally translated
means Shell Flower.
Source: Bataille,
Gretchen M and Laurie
Lisa. Native American
Women: A Biographical
Dictionary. Routledge:
New York, 2001. E
98. W8 B38 2001 |
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Wuzzie George, a Northern
Paiute, preserved
Paiute crafts and
customs, taught to
her by her grandmother,
by teaching and demonstrating
her skills and knowledge
through a significant
part of her life.
Source:
http://www.unr.edu/wrc/nwhp/biograph/
george.htm |
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Wandering Paiute bands
built small temporary
huts called wickiups
(pronounced WIK-ee-ups),
made of willow poles
covered with brush
and reeds.
Source: Malinowski,
Sharon, Anna Sheets
and Linda Schmittroth.
U X L Encyclopedia
of Native American
Tribes. U X L
/ Gale: Detroit, 1999
v.2. jE 76.2 .U85
1999 |
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According to Paiute
traditions, Paiute
mourners abstained
from eating meat for
four days after a
death.
Source: Malinowski,
Sharon, Anna Sheets
and Linda Schmittroth.
U X L Encyclopedia
of Native American
Tribes. U X L
/ Gale: Detroit, 1999
v.2. jE 76.2 .U85
1999
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| Southern
Paiute |
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General
Information
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Death Valley means
Big Spring in the
Southern Paiute language.
Source:
http://www.nevadaweb.com/cnt/pio/
pahrump/main.html
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Southern Paiutes call
themselves nuwu,
which literally means
"human being."
Source: Rasmussen,
R Kent. American Indian
Tribes. Salem Press
Inc.: New Jersey,
2000. E 77. A53 2000
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Historically, Southern
Paiutes were one of
the last tribes to
have sustained contact
with whites.
Source: Rasmussen,
R Kent. American Indian
Tribes. Salem Press
Inc.: New Jersey,
2000. E 77. A53 2000
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In
1951, the Southern
Paiutes established
their official constitution
and bylaws, which
allowed them to elect
a tribal council and
to have a more secure
land base.
Source: Rasmussen,
R Kent. American Indian
Tribes. Salem Press
Inc.: New Jersey,
2000. E 77. A53 2000
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The Southern Paiute's
summer shelter was
a shade or windbreak
type structure made
from willows, juniper,
and/or brush that
could be either flat
or dome shaped.
Source:
http://www.unr.edu/nnap/NT/sp-6.htm
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The
Southern Paiute's
traditional territory
included much of southern
Nevada, northern Arizona,
and southern Utah.
Source:
http://www.cinprograms.org/people/northern
/paiute.html
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The Southern Paiute's
language is similar
to that of the Pima
and Papago cultures.
Source:
http://www.cinprograms.org/people/norther
n/paiute.html
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| Shoshone |
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General
Information
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The
Shoshone refer to
themselves using several
similar words that
mean 'people'.
Source: Malinowski,
Sharon, Anna Sheets
and Linda Schmittroth.
U X L Encyclopedia
of Native American
Tribes. U X L
/ Gale: Detroit, 1999
v.2. jE 76.2 .U85
1999
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The Shoshone had healers,
men or women called
shamans, who knew
how to use roots,
herbs, charms and
chants to cure ailments.
Source: Malinowski,
Sharon, Anna Sheets
and Linda Schmittroth.
U X L Encyclopedia
of Native American
Tribes. U X L
/ Gale: Detroit, 1999
v.2. jE 76.2 .U85
1999
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All Shoshones have
long and complicated
artistic traditions,
as well as a longstanding
commitment to the
written word.
Source: Malinowski,
Sharon, Anna Sheets
and Linda Schmittroth.
U X L Encyclopedia
of Native American
Tribes. U X L
/ Gale: Detroit, 1999
v.2. jE 76.2 .U85
1999
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The powwow was only
introduced to the
Shoshone in 1957.
Source: Malinowski,
Sharon, Anna Sheets
and Linda Schmittroth.
U X L Encyclopedia
of Native American
Tribes. U X L
/ Gale: Detroit, 1999
v.2. jE 76.2 .U85
1999
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Modern-day Shoshone
host celebrations
called fandangos,
festivals that include
prayers and games.
Source: Malinowski,
Sharon, Anna Sheets
and Linda Schmittroth.
U X L Encyclopedia
of Native American
Tribes. U X L
/ Gale: Detroit, 1999
v.2. jE 76.2 .U85
1999
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The
Round Dance was a
traditional dance
with a religious theme
that was performed
when food was plentiful
or as part of an annual
mourning ceremony.
Source: Malinowski,
Sharon, Anna Sheets
and Linda Schmittroth.
U X L Encyclopedia
of Native American
Tribes. U X L
/ Gale: Detroit, 1999
v.2. jE 76.2 .U85
1999
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On
December 9, 1993,
Carrie and Mary Dann
became possibly the
first Native American
women recipients of
the 1993 Right Livelihood
Award, also known
as the alternative
Nobel Peace Prize
for courage in asserting
their rights to protect
their land and that
of other indigenous
peoples.
Source: Swisher, Karen
Gayton and AnCita
Benally. Native
North American Firsts.
Gale: Detroit, 1988.
E 77. S96 1997
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Sacajawea,
Shoshone for "Boat
Launcher," is best
known for her indispensable
role on the Lewis
and Clark expedition,
as a translator, negotiator
and guide.
Source: Bataille,
Gretchen M and Laurie
Lisa. Native American
Women: A Biographical
Dictionary. Routledge:
New York, 2001. E
98. W8 B38 2001
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Chief Washakie granted
safe passage to the
settlers of the West,
became an Army scout
and secured the Wind
River Reservation
for his people, all
of which led him to
be the only Native
American Chief to
buried with military
honors.
Source: Malinowski,
Sharon, Anna Sheets
and Linda Schmittroth.
U X L Encyclopedia
of Native American
Tribes. U X L
/ Gale: Detroit, 1999
v.2. jE 76.2 .U85
1999; http://www.senate.gov/~enzi/washone.htm
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In 1873, there were
2,405 Shoshone living
in Nevada.
Source:
http://www.unr.edu/nnap/NT/ws-2.htm
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| Washoe |
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General
Information
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The Indian Reorganization
Act of 1934 recognized
the Washoe as a legally
constituted tribe.
Source: Rasmussen,
R Kent. American
Indian Tribes.
Salem Press Inc: New
Jersey, 2000. E 77.
A53 2000
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The Washoes of western
Nevada are the only
Great Basin group
that do not speak
the Numic language,
due in part to their
longstanding presence
in their Sierra Nevadan
homeland near Lake
Tahoe.
Source: Malinowski,
Sharon, Anna Sheets
and Linda Schmittroth.
U X L Encyclopedia
of Native American
Tribes. U X L
/ Gale: Detroit, 1999
v.2. jE 76.2 .U85
1999
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Datsolalee was the
most noted Washoe
basket weaver who
revived and innovated
Washoe basketry to
a high art form.
Source: Swisher, Karen
Gayton and AnCita
Benally. Native
North American Firsts.
Gale: Detroit, 1988.
E 77. S96 1997
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Lena
Frank Dick was an
excellent basket weaver
whose strength centered
on her extreme fineness
of technique and the
juxtaposition of red
and black in the creation
of a traditional degikup
baskets. Source: Bataille,
Gretchen M and Laurie
Lisa. Native American
Women: A Biographical
Dictionary. Routledge:
New York, 2001. E
98. W8 B38 2001
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Sarah
Jim Mayo introduced
representational designs
in Washoe basket weaving,
which influenced a
significant amount
of the Washoe fancy
basketry by most major
weavers between 1912
and 1925.
Source: Bataille,
Gretchen M and Laurie
Lisa. Native American
Women: A Biographical
Dictionary. Routledge:
New York, 2001. E
98. W8 B38 2001
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In
traditional Washoe
life, each household
might collect 600
pounds of pinenuts,
during the approach
of winter.
Source:
http://www.unr.edu/nnap/PW/pw_wehhai.htm
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