The Washoe or Wašišiw ("people from here", or transliterated in older literature as Wa She Shu) are a Great Basin tribe of Native Americans, living near Lake Tahoe at the border between California and Nevada.[1] The name "Washoe" or "Washo" (as preferred by themselves) is derived from the autonym Waashiw (wa·šiw or wá:šiw) in the Washo language or from Wašišiw (waší:šiw), the plural form of wašiw.
The Washoe or Wašišiw ("people from here", or transliterated in older literature as Wa She Shu) are a Great Basin tribe of Native Americans, living near...
Washoe or Washo may refer to: Washoepeople, an indigenous people of the Great Basin in North America United States Washoe County, Nevada Washoe Creek...
Washoe Meadows State Park is a state park in California, consisting of more than 600 acres (240 ha) of woodlands and meadows. It is located south of Lake...
communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united under a tribal council. The washoepeople own over 64,300 acres (26,000 ha) in public domain allotments & PDAs...
Paiute and Western Shoshone or Sosone. Relations with the Waasseoo or Washoepeople, who were culturally and linguistically very different, were not so...
area was part of western Utah Territory and was known as Washoe, after the native Washoepeople. The separation of the territory from Utah was important...
Washoe people. The Washoe would generally spend the winter in the lowlands of the Washoe Valley and summer on the shores of Lake Tahoe. The Washoe used...
the Washoepeople, who inhabited the lands around Lake Tahoe and surrounding areas; not for Washoe County, Nevada (also named after the Washoepeople)....
Washoe Lake (Washo: c'óʔyaʔ dáʔaw) is a lake located near Carson City in the Washoe Valley of Washoe County, Nevada. It is a very shallow lake with a surface...
Keyser "Dat So La Lee" (Washoepeople) is arguably the most famous Native American weaver. Lena Frank Dick (1889–1965) (Washoepeople) followed behind Keyser...
culturally and geographically with the Kings Beach complex of ancestral Washoepeople. The Meadow Lake Petroglyphs, attributed to the Martis, are a national...
Washo /ˈwɒʃoʊ/ (or Washoe; endonym wá꞉šiw ʔítlu) is an endangered Native American language isolate spoken by the Washo on the California–Nevada border...
River and the present Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, while the Washoepeople inhabited the upper watershed region. The Carson River watershed was...
tribes including the Goshute, Southern Paiute, Mohave, and Wašišiw (Washoepeople). Francisco Garcés was the first European in the area. Nevada was annexed...
sacred site for the Washoe Indians. The Washoepeople called Cave Rock deʔek wadapush (Washo for Standing Gray Rock). Part of why the Washoe felt the Cave was...
1925) was a celebrated Native American basket weaver. A member of the Washoepeople in northwestern Nevada, her basketry came to national prominence during...
the entire lake may be viewed. The lake was called Datsa’ shut by the Washoepeople. In 1844, the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy party was the first wagon train...
Washoe traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Washoepeople of the Lake Tahoe and surrounding Sierra...
Sarah Jim Mayo (1858 – December 1918) was a Washoe basket weaver. The daughter of the tribal leader Captain Jim Henukeha, Mayo rose to prominence in the...
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