Indigenous peoples of North America
Found in 291 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Mabel Wright Paulina., 2006, 1964 June 3
Discussion of living on the chicken ranch near Dead Ox on the Truckee River; the 1916 earthquake; fences made of willow; how two old women walked from Lovelock to Wadsworth, Nevada; how Winnemucca got his name; and the fighting between the Paiutes and the Pitt River Indians. Recorded while en route to Rye Patch Dam, Pershing County, Nevada.
Oral history interview with Mabel Wright Paulina., 1964 May, 2006
Discusses the Indian doctor; shamans; the deer hoof rattle.
Oral history interview with Mabel Wright Paulina., about 1968, 2006
Topics include a creation myth; Summit Lake; Pyramid Lake, Nevada; waterbabies; and funerals.
Oral history interview with Mabel Wright Paulina, and Daisy Aster., about 1969, 2006
The women talk about pinenut soup; plant uses; and cooking.
Oral history interview with Mabel Wright Paulina, and Ethel O'Neil., 2006, 1969 June 7
Talk includes information about Sarah Winnemucca's brother, Lee Winnemucca; snakes; and pineuts.
Oral history interview with Mabel Wright Paulina, and Herbert Pancho., 1970 November, 2006
Covers genealogical information on various tribal members.
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.