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Paiute Indian occupation in Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Valley – Pinenut trees prove it

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Artist rendering of Tabuce or Maggie “Taboose” Howard, Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiute in Yosemite Valley with a wono basket and winnowing tray. These baskets were often used to pick pine nuts and winnow them. The drawing was done by Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiute Roger Salas. The picture on the right is of a Pinon tree taken in [...]

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Yosemite Native Americans and the Genius of Eadweard Muybridge

Posted in Ahwahnee, Ahwahni, Ahwahnichi, Ahwahnichis, Benton Paiute tribe, Big Pine Paiute, Bishop Paiute tribe, British photographers, California Indian basket, California Native American Indian basket, Chief Tenaya, Coleville Indian, Eadweard Muybridge, Hetch Hetchy, Hetch Hetchy Native, Hetch Hetchy Valley, Hetch Hetchy Valley history, Hetch Hetchy history, Indian, Kutzadika'a, Lone Pine Paiute, Mariposa, Mariposa Indian, Mirror Lake, Miwuk, Mono Lake, Mono Lake Indian, Paiute, Paiutes, Piute, Piutes, Southern Sierra Miwuk, Southern Sierra Miwuks, Tenaya, Tenaya Lake, Yosemite, Yosemite Association, Yosemite Fund, Yosemite Icon, Yosemite Indian Village, Yosemite Indian baskets, Yosemite Indian photographs, Yosemite Miwok, Yosemite Miwok Legend, Yosemite Miwok Legends, Yosemite Miwoks, Yosemite Miwuk, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Native American, Yosemite Native American Hetch Hetchy American Indian h, Yosemite Native American basket, Yosemite Native American photos, Yosemite Native photographs, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Visitor Center, Yosemite basket, Yosemite basket maker, Yosemite book, Yosemite history, Yosemite interpretive signs, Yosemite photograph, Yosemite photography, motion picture history, photography pioneer on September 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Famous British photographer Eadweard Muybridge
Famous British photographer Eadweard Muybridge was an innovator and pioneer in the early motion picture and film process. He was ahead of his time in trying to capture movement and bring photography to life.
As a Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiute Native American Indian person I can appreciate his pioneer spirit as he captured [...]

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