Essie Pinola Parrish

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Essie Pinola Parrish
Born
Essie Nellie Fisk Pinola

1902
Died1979
NationalityKashaya Pomo, American
Known forBasket weaving, Kashaya language studies
MovementNative American basketry
Patron(s)Robert Kennedy

Essie Pinola Parrish (1902–1979), was a Kashaya Pomo spiritual leader and basket weaver.[1][2][3]

Biography

Parrish was best known for her expertise in basket weaving. Robert Kennedy was among her collectors.[4]

Essie Parrish, "along with Mabel McKay, of the revitalized Bole Maru Dreamer religion." She lectured at the New School in New York City in 1972.[5]"She was acknowledged as her people’s 'dreamer' at age 6 and had a great ability to prophesy and interpret dreams."[4]

Parrish educated Kashaya (Kashia) children in the Kashaya Pomo language. She collaborated with Robert Oswalt, a linguist at University of California, Berkeley, to write a dictionary of Kashaya Pomo.[6] Her work on Kashaya Pomo is in the California Language Archive.[7] She "helped create over 20 anthropological films documenting Pomo culture and ceremonies."[8]

Quote

"Toward the end of the world, when I am no longer here ... it's important people remember and respect."[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sarris, Greg (1993). Keeping Slug Woman Alive. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08007-2.
  2. ^ Oswalt, Robert L. (1964). Kashaya texts. University of California publications in linguistics. Vol. 36. University of California Press.
  3. ^ Sarris, Greg (1994). Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20968-0.
  4. ^ a b "Native American Women's History Quiz". National Women's History Project. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  5. ^ Rothenburg, Jerome. "Outsider Poems, a Mini-Anthology in Progress (52): Essie Parish in New York". Jerome Rothenburg Poems and Poetics. Jacket2. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  6. ^ [citation needed]
  7. ^ "Essie Parrish – California Language Archive". Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  8. ^ "29 Nov 2012 :: Essie Parrish". our herstory .:. bourne women. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  9. ^ Silver, Miriam (2001-02-10). "Miwok Author Credit Elders". Canku Ota (29). Retrieved 2013-04-08.

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