Washoe County Library System

A biography of the Native American woman who helped to negotiate benefits for her people and traveled across the country speaking about the plight of the Paiutes.

A richly illustrated and detailed record of Native American practical skills for cooking, hunting, and shelter construction. Shows processes of clothing, tool, arrowhead, and utensil fabrication. From introduction: "This is the story of the Indian people who were living in the western part of Nevada when the thin line of prospectors and pioneers crossed their land in 1849 enroute to the riches of California."

A look at the culture and history of the Northern Paiute peoples of the Great Basin, with information on village and family life, religion, hunting and fishing practices, and native arts.

"Following a personal tragedy in New England, Julian Chadmore leaves his hometown to search for a new life in the Far West. Enroute, a stagecoach accident brings a lovely singer, Sarah Martin, into the story; and in San Francisco a chance meeting with his college professor, George Black, results in a partnership for a prospecting venture to the Washoe country of Utah Territory. The early mining of the famous Comstock Lode, Julian's relationship...