The Owens Valley Paiute Indians

The Owens valley Paiute Indians live in the great basin. These Indians are located in the great basin is located in the western region of the U.S. They usually lived in dwellings and also used wood to make them but they majorly lived in thatched wikiups which are made up of straw and skins. These Indians where very used to living in their environment.
The Owens valley Paiute Indians usually wore skins and in the winter they usually didn’t change the way they dressed so they would just add a rabbit skin made of their fur and tied it around their necks. They were a very unique tribe. The way they obtained these articles of clothing was by hunting and making traps for the bunnies and many other animals to make houses and clothing and often had to chew their animal’s skins in order to make me pliable for making clothing
The where lucky to live there because they were able to find food unlike the Northern Paiute Indians who had lived in the desert and harsh lands with no food . Where originally from? It’s not sure but they moved to the great basin as many other tribes did to escape from harsh lands without food and to find the supplies that they needed in order to survive and thrive. The way the Owens valley Paiute Indian’s farmed and gathered food was often very advanced. They were often called cliff dwellers and where taught to harvest corn which was a major crop and was preserved a lot in the Owens valley Paiute Indian’s culture. They also where hunter gatherers and they picked berries, nuts and cactuses and many other things. They also sometimes preserved dried up fruits and stuff to make necklaces while the men hunted and many men and boys died.
As you can tell when these Indians become of a certain age they are often put to work. They do certain jobs pertaining to their gender. The men/boys usually are taught to hunt animals or nor trap bunnies for their coats and there meat or for food.the girls are usually taught to wash clothes and preserve