Heritage Colorado

Interview covers the Circle Dance; and pinenut prayer.

Vidovich discusses the Stewart Indian School in Carson City, Nevada; Mason Valley; Jack Wilson, also known as Wovoka; Thompson; Alida Bowler; and Schurz, Nevada.

Birdie Dave sings the Ghost Dance song, the Hand Game song, and the Circle Dance.

The women talk about tattooing; water babies; pinenutting; steam baths; and ants.

First part of recording is an informal discussion over lunch with a woman identified as Essie Simon Allen. Second part of the recording is the summary of the circumstances of the interview by the interviewer; discussed the death of her father John Simon and a friend George Johnny [spelling unknown], family history, and Indian medicine.

Discusses coyote paint; and the O'Neil genealogy.

Topics cover Captain Dave; the George Cook murder; making venison jerky; and grinding and preparing pinenut soup.

Covers the stick game; a mudhen drive on Winnemucca Lake; Sand Mountain; Ione; singing of the owl song; and old woman in a makeshift sagebrush shelter.

Topics cover Pyramid Lake, Nevada; rock formation names; fishing; reservations; Indian Agent Lorenzo Creel and Mr. Oliver; Indian rations; and water rights.

Discusses owls; Indian doctors; and rabbit uses and hunting.