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Washo Indians

1 Comment / California, Native American, Nevada / 2 minutes of reading

Washo Indians. On Truckee River as far down as the Meadows, though their right to the latter was disputed by the Northern Paiute tribes; Carson River down to the first large canyon below Carson City; the borders of Lake Tahoe; and Sierra and other valleys as far as the first range south of Honey Lake, Calififornia

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Washo Tribe

1 Comment / California, Native American, Nevada / 2 minutes of reading

Last Updated on February 20, 2012 by Dennis Washo Indians (from washiu, ‘person,’ in their own language – Kroeber). A small tribe, forming a distinct linguistic family, the Washoan, which, when first known to Americans, occupied Truckee River, Nevada, as far down as the Meadows, though their right to the latter was disputed by the

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