Indigenous peoples of North America
Found in 385 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Mabel Wright Paulina, and Mamie John., about 1969, 2006
Topics include gathering wild onions and cattails; snakes; bears. very large birds; and fish.
Oral history interview with Mabel Wright Paulina, Ethel O'Neil, and Ruth Houghten., 2006, 1969 June 20
Topics includes Johnson Sides; hide tanning; Anaho Island in Pyramid Lake; area movie making; the Truckee River; Pyramid Lake, Nevada, and its "cui-ui" fish.
Oral history interview with Marion Paddy., 1970 January 13, 2006
Paddy tell coyote stories; the Winnemucca genealogy; and the great horned owl.
Oral history interview with Maybel Wright, Katie Frazier
Oral history interview conducted by Peg Wheat; interview of Maybel Wright and Katie Frazier; women discussed fishing, Paiute traditions, family histories, and reservation life.
Oral history interview with Nellie Emm., 2006, 1969 May 23
Discusses Jack Wilson, also known as Wovoka; seed and berry gathering and processing; not wasting food.
Oral history interview with Nina Winnemucca, and Mabel Wright Paulina., 1964, 2006
The women discuss birth and the symbolic cooking of mother's milk squirted on a hot rock; how to be a good person; and the finish of rabbit drives due to no rabbit nets left.
Oral history interview with Nina Winnemucca, and Mabel Wright Paulina., 2006, 1967 July 3
The women tell the Henoquo story, a big, greedy Paiute man who took things from others.
Oral history interview with Tim Hooper., about 1964, 2006
Hooper tells stories of how the first Indians got to this country, a coyote story, and a Paiute origin story; finding gold in Tonopah, Nevada, and Jim Butler; how to make bows and arrows; how to catch antelope; and he sings songs in Shoshone. Recorded in Tonopah, Nevada.
Oral history interview with Tim Hooper., about 1964, 2006
Hooper tells how the Shoshone Indians came to be; tells stories of the procupine, the pinenut, and earthquakes; and talks about Indian tobacco. Recorded in Tonopah, Nevada.
Oral history interview with Tim Hooper., about 1964, 2006
Hooper discusses making rabbit skin blankets; the bad winter; uses of tules; tells the frog story; and sings the Death Valley song in Shoshone. Recorded in Tonopah, Nevada.