Dá Me Na-Nu-Wu-Tsi: “Our Relations All of Mother Earth” Timber Mountain Ethnographic Report

• Main Authors: Stoffle, Richard W., Zedeño, M. Nieves, Arnold, Richard, Van Vlack, Kathleen, Buttram, Mance, Fauland, Heather, Martinez, Aja, Toupal, Heather
• Other Authors: Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona
• Language: en_US
• Published: Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona 2006
• Subjects: Southern Paiute; Western Shoshone; Owens Valley Paiute; Nevada Test Site; Volcanoes; Pilgrimage; Cultural Landscape
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/273003

This report presents the results of ethnographic fieldwork conducted at Timber Mountain Caldera (TMC) on the NTS. Volcanic in origin, the caldera is a geologic feature that was formed when a large volcano collapse thousands of years ago producing the large circular crater that exists today. Since that event, the caldera has experienced other volcanic eruptions making a complex topographic landscape. The ethnographic fieldwork (conducted in 2005) that forms the foundation of this report included official tribal representatives from the Owens Valley Paiute, Western Shoshone, and Southern Paiute ethnic groups. This report presents the findings of the tribal representatives’ visits to several sites in the TMC and the cultural value associated with it. These research findings are based upon interviews conducted with tribal representatives selected by the American Indian Writers Subgroup of the culturally affiliated Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations (CGTO).