User:Awahnee

My User name is Awahnee. I am a Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiute. I am going to post some text and photos of Yosemite Mono Lake Indian people. I hope you enjoy.

Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiutes

Paiute women and children in Yosemite Valley. The drawing is from "Tisayac of the Yosemite" by M.B.M. Toland 1891.

Tom Hutchings, Yosemite Indian and Paiute. Hutchings was the first mailman in Yosemite.

Lancisco Wilson's grave marker in Yosemite Indian Pioneer Cemetery. Lancisco was a leader of the Yosemite Indians. He was a Paiute and related to Chief George Dick

Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiute chief Captain John. Captain John was the son of older Captain John and was also known as Poko Tucket and other names. He was a great historic chief of Yosemite and Mono Lake.

Captain Sam

Captain Sam - Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiute Indian. Captain Sam, headman of the Mono Lake Paiute Indians. Photo taken at June Lake.

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Captain Sam's 1928 California Indian Application, page 1.

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Captain Sam's 1928 California Indian Application, page 2.

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Captain Sam's 1928 California Indian Application, page 6.

Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiutes were in the Great Basin and Yosemite for thousands of years.

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Hetch Hetchy Paiute burden basket. This burden basket was found in a cave in Hetch Hetchy Valley. It is the oldest known basket found in Central California.
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Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiutes hunting Big Horn Sheep in the Sierra Nevada.

Louisa Sam's 1928 California Indian Application page 1. Daughter of Captain Sam and wife of Bridgeport Tom.

Louisa Sam's 1928 California Indian Application page 2. Daughter of Captain Sam and wife of Bridgeport Tom.