Southern Paiute people are a tribe of Native Americans that have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah.
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Southern Paiute people are a tribe of Native Americans that have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah.
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The introduction of European settlers and agricultural practices made it difficult for the Southern Paiute to continue their traditional lifestyle, as it drove away the game and reduced their ability to hunt, as well as to gather natural foods.
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Southern Paiute children were mandated to attend American schools, which attempted to assimilate them as much as possible.
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Southern Paiute's job was to wake early in the morning, and using his knowledge he would make specific suggestions of what he thought the tribe should do that day, and if people thought his observations were astute they would follow him, if not then they wouldn't.
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Southern Paiute People consist of several subgroups that are each unique in language, location, practices, lifestyle, and tradition.
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Owens Valley Southern Paiute people relied on seasonal fishing and hunting, native vegetation and early agricultural yields, seeds, and nuts to compose their diet.
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Fishing regulations in the Owens Valley Southern Paiute region depended upon the agreed upon rights within each district.
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Owens Valley Southern Paiute people utilized an early form of water and property rights by districts declaring ownership of certain stretches of river where they would prohibit outsiders from fishing unless permitted otherwise.
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Owens Valley Southern Paiute people employed multiple methods in order to catch fish.
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Owens Valley Southern Paiute people created hooks using bone and used grasshoppers or worms as bait.
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Kaibab Southern Paiute people utilized their permanent water sources for garden irrigation.
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Southern Paiute created land by using her skin and dirt from her reproductive regions, mud from the ocean floor, and natural oils from her body.
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Southern Paiute traditionally had 16 to 31 subgroups, bands, or tribes.
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