Survival arts of the primitive Paiutes /

This bestselling book illustrates how the Paiutes survived in the harsh Nevada desert climate.

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Main Author: Wheat, Margaret M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Reno : University of Nevada Press, 1967.
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520 |a This bestselling book illustrates how the Paiutes survived in the harsh Nevada desert climate. 
504 |a Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 113-117) 
505 0 |a PART I: THE OLD PEOPLE AND THE LAND -- The Great Basin -- Trout-eaters, Cui-ui-eaters, Cattail-eaters -- The Cycle of the Year -- Return of Spring -- Summer Harvest -- Fall and Pinenut Time -- Before the Snow Flies -- Approach to Winter -- Waiting for the Sun -- PART II: THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN -- The Next Hundred Years -- Those Wise in the Old Ways -- Wuzzie George -- Mattie, Wife of Stovepipe -- Following Mattie's Trail -- PART III: IN THE MANNER OF THE OLD ONES -- Harvesting Pinenuts -- A Boat of Cattail and Tule -- Making a Duck Decoy -- Cordage -- Fishing and Harpoons -- Arrows and Deadfalls -- Rabbit pelts, Buckskin, and Bark -- Articles from Soft Fibers -- Willow Work -- Cradleboards -- Building Houses -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY. 
520 |a A richly illustrated and detailed record of Native American practical skills for cooking, hunting, and shelter construction. Shows processes of clothing, tool, arrowhead, and utensil fabrication. From introduction: "This is the story of the Indian people who were living in the western part of Nevada when the thin line of prospectors and pioneers crossed their land in 1849 enroute to the riches of California." 
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