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527:"Fishing year" – which came after the period of starvation, started in early spring as the snow in the mountains started to melt. At that time, some tribe members (mainly young men, boys, and sometimes unmarried women) left the winter camps and moved toward the Lake Tahoe to start the fishing season. By doing this they could save the leftovers from food reserves for people that had stayed in winter camps. They used caves and natural shelters as protection from the cold along with loin clothes and blankets made from rabbit skin to keep themselves warm. They fished for whitefish which some of them they consumed and some they carried back to winter camps so their folks could eat and gather strength for the return trip to the lake, which happened when it got warmer. It was the family's decision when to leave the winter camps and go to Lake Tahoe and it depended on the condition and age of family members (family with infants or older people tend to leave the camps later than fitter members of the tribe. The whole Washoe tribe should have been returned to the Lake Tahoe shores by the beginning of June. Almost every tribe member was involved in fishing when the season came. The Washoe used the lake resources to the fullest and caught as many fish they could. They had learned how to preserve the fish drying it on the sun and made the food reserves for the future. 530:"Gathering year" – could have been performed all year, but different ways of acquiring were used and the different type and amounts of food were provided. During winter the Washoe ate mostly the food they had gathered before the winter season started because very little vegetables could be found. As the spring came, more and more food became available. However, the food was limited over the place it was found and it could only feed a certain number of people, so tribe split up in smaller groups and went to look for food in different ways. The gathering was usually performed by women while men practiced fishing at the lake or hunting. 514:
about gathering techniques, medicine preparation, and the legends were meant to teach them how to appreciate the land they were living in and give them a better understanding of Washoe's lifestyle. Children were raised in the environment which recognized family as the most valued thing. The whole Washoe life was concentrated on cooperation and unity, and older tribe members needed to convey their knowledge to the younger so the tribe culture would survive. Everyone in the family had his own role in everyday activities like fishing, gathering or hunting which helped Washoe people with doing everyday life tasks more efficiently.
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the seasonal cycles of both plants and animals. Wašiw people were also dependent on fishing at Lake Tahoe and the surrounding streams. Fishing was a huge part of Wašiw life; and each family had its own fishing grounds, until contact with Western civilization led to commercial fishing in the area, destroying another important resource for the Wašiw.
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renew their language for the future generations. The tribe currently relies on the tribal Cultural Resource Department to provide language classes to the community. However, there has recently been a pedagogical shift within the tribe, and the youth have become the focal point of language and culture programs.
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The Washoe people are considered to be the indigenous inhabitants of Lake Tahoe area, occupying the lake and surround lands for thousands of years. As the native inhabitants, they believe that they have the best knowledge of how the land should be maintained, and consider themselves to be the proper
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Washoe culture was based mostly on the legends that carried the explanation of different areas of life. The legends were handed over from one generation to another by storytelling and were told to younger generations to teach them basic things about Washoe's way of living. Children could get to know
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nuts gathered in the fall provided much of the food eaten in the winter. Roots, seeds, berries and game provided much of the food eaten during the rest of the year. The Washoe people were also deeply knowledgeable about their land and where resources were plentiful. This included an understanding of
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The Wašiw language is now considered a moribund language as only a handful of fluent elder speakers use the language. There has been a recent revival of the language and culture within the Tribe. "Wašiw Wagayay Maŋal" (the "house where Wašiw is spoken") was the first attempt by the Wašiw people to
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Fall was the richest in food season of the year as all ways of obtaining the food could have been performed. The winter period was the time of starvation as the stocks of food run out quickly and almost no food could have been obtained over the coldest months of the year. However, Washoe people
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Therefore, the Washoe tribe's life was dependent on the actual environment possibilities. Also, scarcity of sources would not let the tribe perform every way at once, therefore the Washoe lifestyle was divided into three periods: "the fishing year", "the gathering year" and "the hunting year".
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The area of residence of Washoe people let them obtain food from three different ways: fishing, gathering, and hunting. Since each way required having special skills and knowledge people were usually trained in one field to reduce the possibility of failing the tasks they were responsible for.
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The Pine Nut Dance and girls' puberty rites remain very important ceremonies. The Wašiw people once relied on medicine men and their knowledge of medicinal plants and ceremonies. Much of this knowledge and activity has been lost due to contact with the Western world.
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learned how to survive the hardest time of the year by learning how to use the resources the land had given them. They knew they needed to keep the balance as each way of obtaining food was equally crucial for these people to survive.
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has noted that men and women's cooperation in gathering food lead to "no individual distributions of food and relatively little difference in male and female rights," contributing to gender equality amongst the pre-colonial Washoe.
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area, which has been a center Washoe tribes yearly cultural gatherings, where most traditional events took place. In 2002, The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources officially granted custody to the
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and the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains for at least the last 6,000 years, some say up to 9,000 years or more. Prior to contact with Europeans, the territory of the Washoe people centered around
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Since the western part of the Washo territory was in the mountains and subject to heavy snows, few people wintered there so very few were organized into the western group.
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for the seasonal hunt and living together in winter camps) and in nuclear families. The regional group was determined by where people had a winter camp:
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population, gained separate recognition as the Reno–Sparks Indian Colony. There is evidence that some Washoe settled in the southwest region of
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The Washoe/Washo were loosely organized into three (in some sources four) regional groups speaking slightly different
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in the early 19th century, but the Washoe did not sustain contact with people of European culture until the 1848
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gained federal recognition as the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. The colony in
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Friedl, Ernestine (1987). "Article 25: Society and Sex Roles". In Angeloni, E. (ed.).
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (2002).
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The two worlds of the Washo : an Indian tribe of California and Nevada
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in the east. Beside Lake Tahoe the Washoe utilized the upper ranges of the
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Washoe Indian Tribe land conveyance : report (to accompany S. 691)
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and farms and in cities. The areas where they settled became known as
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The Two Worlds of the Washo: An Indian Tribe of California and Nevada
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gave way to conical bark slab houses of historic Washoe culture.
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over the land around the Lake Tahoe area for cultural purposes.
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A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples.
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may have overlapped with the Kings Beach culture, and Martis
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New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. p.  471:drove most Washoe to dependency on jobs on white 1477: 996:Washo Tales: Three Original Washo Indian Legends 379:("Southerners" or "Southern Washoe People") and, 846: 591: 1123: 1072:California Indian Library Collections Project 976:"California Indians and Their Reservations." 909:The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. 824:Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada (c. 1988) . 367:("Northerners" or "Northern Washoe People") 226: 208: 1130: 1116: 1102:A Guide to the Washo research notes, 98–17 874:. Guliford, CT: Dushkin. pp. 150–155. 802:Dangberg 1968, d'Azevedo 1986, Nevers 1976 421:are regarded as early Washoe culture. The 1001:d'Azevedo, Warren L. (1986). 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The language is written in the 1496:Native American tribes in Nevada 1491:Indigenous peoples of California 1146:Indigenous peoples of California 1139: 1063:. Pub. by order of the Trustees. 609: 253: 243:Washoe people have lived in the 98: 86: 73: 45: 969: 937: 902: 893: 863: 840: 1317:(Monache, Owens Valley Paiute) 928:"Washoe "The Lake of the Sky"" 885:"Washoe Indian Tribe History." 805: 796: 787: 778: 717: 13: 1: 988: 517: 235:), the plural form of wašiw. 409:tribe whose language is not 238: 7: 1096:Susanville Indian Rancheria 1031:Pritzker, Barry M. (2000). 621:Susanville Indian Rancheria 592:Washoe Tribe and Lake Tahoe 549: 405:Washoe people are the only 309:crest in the west, and the 10: 1522: 553: 482: 392: 1152: 1090:Reno-Sparks Indian Colony 726:The Small Shall Be Strong 633:Indian Reorganization Act 616:Reno-Sparks Indian Colony 572:) has been regarded as a 339:Middle Fork Feather River 162: 152: 142: 132: 117: 112: 71: 66: 61: 56: 44: 994:Dangberg, Grace (1968). 847:Downs, James F. (2001). 724:Makley, Matthew (2018). 674: 349:) was named after them. 1415:Plains and Sierra Miwok 1274:(Diegueño, Ipai, Tipai) 1024:Nevers, Jo Ann (1976). 981:(retrieved 11 May 2010) 562:Washoe / Wašiw language 227: 209: 890:Retrieved 11 May 2010. 499: 498:), Washoe basketweaver 402: 196:at the border between 1384:(Konomihu, Okwanuchu) 1217:Eel River Athapaskans 1055:Barett, Samuel Alfred 752:Downs, James (1966). 578:Hokan language family 490: 400: 283:dáʔaw / daʔaw / Da ow 702:Accessed 9 May 2014. 438:California Gold Rush 41: 1098:, official website 1092:, official website 1086:, official website 1068:Washo Bibliography 872:Anthropology 87/88 811:Pritzker, 246, 248 597:caretakers of the 500: 403: 358:extending families 311:Pine Nut Mountains 305:in the south, the 293:in the north, the 51:Washoe tribal flag 35: 1473: 1472: 1060:The Washo Indians 1041:978-0-19-513877-1 888:Access Genealogy. 434:Spanish explorers 417:and the northern 295:West Walker River 285:– "the lake"; or 186:Great 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Index

Washoe Indians
Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California
United States
California
Nevada
English
Washo
Wá:šiw
Waší:šiw
Wá:šiw ʔítlu
Great Basin tribe
Native Americans
Lake Tahoe
California
Nevada
autonym
Washo language
Great Basin
Lake Tahoe
/ˈtɑːh/
Washo
Honey Lake
West Walker River
Topaz Lake
Sonora Pass
Sierra Nevada
Pine Nut Mountains
Virginia Range
Carson
Truckee

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