Survival Arts of the Primitive Paiutes

A complete description of the arts that are rapidly disappearing as the old [Paiutes] die." —Pacific Historian"A rare contribution to the photo documentation of the technology of the Northern Paiute . . . beautiful . . . imaginative." —American Anthropologist"A deeply heartwarming and rewarding work." —Mary Lu Moore, Arizona Highways, May 1983

• ContentsPart 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