The Paiute Indians BY: Danny Smith

Their Culture Paiutes, culture linked to Grand Canyon Traditional lands extended north & west of the Colorado River A.D until their removal to reservations in 1800s. The Colorado River

Their Culture Paiute legend warned that the river would swallow anyone trying to travel west

Their Shelter Winter houses were dome-shaped and tall enough to stand upright inside.. A covering cane, arrow weed or grass, depending on what is at hand, was added for walls, and perhaps some mud along base.. A cliff rose bark mat covered doorway and additional mats were on the floor. This house would be used for two to three years or longer, being renewed periodically” (Fowler 1998:121).

What did they eat ? They ate lots of animals including rabbit, deer; and sheep they had to hunt them because well they didn’t have processed food back then.

Weapons Native American tribes relied on their handmade tools for hunting and cooking. These tools provide us with information about the lifestyle of native tribes across the Americas. Different tribes had their own tools and methods for creating them, but several tools were used by most Native American tribes. These include arrowheads, tomahawks, bows and arrows, knives and other cooking tools

Their music MUSIC Typical of Native America, Paiute songs are performed by individuals or by groups in unison. A striking characteristic of Paiutes is the very limited traditional use of musical instruments. Drums, commonly used elsewhere by Native groups, were not used until after white contact. The primary traditional instruments were Shaman's rattles and sticks beaten during hand games. At Round Dances, the oldest music style in Paiute tradition, only the singer's voice is used for music. For some curing practices, healers use a small flute made of elderberry stems.

DANCES AND SONGS. Read more: Pa/Paiutes.html#ixzz2fflYEtW7http:// Pa/Paiutes.html#ixzz2fflYEtW7 DANCES AND SONGS Popular Paiute songs are associated with hand games, Round Dances, and doctor's curing. Variations on the Round, or Circle, Dance were traditionally the most common dance form and the oldest. The Northern Paiute Hump Dance represented one variation. In a Round Dance, the participants form a circle and dance around often in a clockwise direction to music made by a singer situated in the center. A Round Dance is commonly held three times a year, during the Spring fishing season, just before fall pine-nut harvest, and during the November rabbit drives. Such dances serve to periodically affirm social unity and focus participants on the particular subsistence tasks at hand.

Their festivals FESTIVALS From Spring through late Fall, a series of pow wows are held around the region. These inter-tribal festivals include the Shoshoni-Paiute Annual Pow Wow held in July, the Veteran's Day Pow Wow held annually in November at Owyhee, Nevada, the Snow Mountain Pow Wow held in May in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Mother's Day Pow Wow held in May at Burns, Oregon, and pow wows at Bishop and Big Pine in California. Such festivals include arts and crafts shows, hand game tournaments, dancing, and traditional foods. The Paiutes commonly attend similar events hosted by tribes in surrounding regions as well, largely spurred through kinship ties. Read more:

Where they live The Paiute were Native Americans who lived in a few places. These Native Americans lived in Northern California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, and Utah.

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