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Identifier
ov068
Title
Paiute
Women
Creator
Mendenhall
,
Harry
W
.,
1882-1952
;
Date Created
circa
1930
Description
Three
Paiute
women
with their
children
in
cradleboards
. The
Anglo-American
crowd
in the
background
shows
that this
is
a
public
event
,
perhaps
the
Paiute's
annual
dance
festival
, or
else
some
kind
of
fair
.
Inscription
at
lower
left
of the
postcard
reads
"
Baby
Show.
"
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Background
These
women
would have been
members
of the
Northern
Paiute
,
who
live
in
Northern
Nevada
and in
Eastern
California
in
such
places
as the
Owens
Valley
. The
valley
their
home
for
centuries
before
their
first
contact
with
Europeans
in
1820
, the
Paiute
based
their
way
of
life
on
agriculture
, and
hunting
and
gathering
.
Foreshadowing
Anglo-American
reliance
on
irrigation
,
Paiutes
developed
irrigation
systems
for their
crops
,
utilizing
the
streams
fed
by the
snow
pack
of the
Sierras
.
Silver
and
gold
strikes
beginning
in
1859
in the
mountains
surrounding
the
valley
profoundly
ruptured
the
Paiute
way
of
life
.
Anglo-American
and
Mexican
miners
and
settlers
moved
into the
valley
,
resulting
in a
war
that
involved
the
U
.
S
.
Army
from
1862
through
1865
. The
Paiute
lost
decisively
,
leading
to their
marginalization
,
both
socially
and
economically
in the
valley
. By the
1870s
, the
Paiute
lived
on the
fringes
of
Anglo-American
society
and
settlements
and had
begun
to
earn
their
living
through
working
as
farm
and
domestic
labor
. The
Paiute
faced
segregation
from
Anglo-American
society
in
such
areas
as
public
education
until
1924
and
such
public
venues
as
movie
theaters
. The
photographer
,
Harry
W
.
Mendenall
, was the
owner
of the
Camera
Art
Shop
in
Big
Pine
,
California
and a
resident
of
Big
Pine
from at
least
1910
until
his
death
in
1952
.
Type
image
;
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
b&w
;
9
x
14
cm
Institution
Center
for the
Study
of
Los
Angeles
Research
Collection
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Collection Identifier
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3w1022nb
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
Public
Domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Language
eng
;
Subject (Topic)
Northern
Paiute
Indians
;
Northern
Paiute
Indians--Children
;
Northern
Paiute
women
;
Cradleboards
;
Form/Genre
Photographs
;
Postcards
;
Metacollection Identifier
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number
J
.
D
.
Black
Papers
,
CSLA-15
,
Series
3
:
Photographs
,
Subseries
A:
Photographic
Postcards
,
Box
16
,
Sleeve
20
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