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Survival Arts Of The Primitive Paiutes by Margaret Wheat
Survival Arts Of The Primitive Paiutes by Margaret Wheat
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Survival Arts Of The Primitive Paiutes
by Margaret M. Wheat
With over 24,000 copies in print, this bestselling book provides an invaluable reference on early Paiute culture. Author Margaret M. Wheat spent twenty years earning the trust of the Northern Paiute people, who are known to be a proud and reserved race. Through her painstaking work, she was able to chronicle the survival methods of a people whose lives were forever changed by the arrival of pioneers and prospectors in 1849.
In this comprehensive and respectful account, Wheat details how the Paiutes survived in the harsh Nevada climate. The book covers a wide range of traditional skills and practices, including:
- Food-gathering methods
- Basket weaving
- Hunting and skinning techniques
- Working with rabbit skins
Survival Arts Of The Primitive Paiutes stands as a testament to the resilience of a people and a unique record of their traditional ways of life before they were altered by the outside world.
About the Author
Margaret M. Wheat (1908-1988) was a native Nevadan and an accomplished anthropologist and archaeologist. Despite describing herself as an "amateur anthropologist," her work with Native Americans earned her the respect of her academic colleagues. She was a field worker in archaeology for the Nevada State Museum and also undertook projects in water resources for the Desert Research Institute of the University of Nevada.
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