Identifier: cu31924097644961 (find matches)
Title: Pomo Indian baskets and their makers
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Purdy, Carl, 1861-
Subjects: Indian baskets Pomo Indians
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Out West Co. Press
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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A Bambdsb Bowl. (P/alej) aboriginal to the two ends of Ukiah Valley (which is abouteight miles long) find English the more convenient languagewhen they meet. In the language of the Indians of Upper Ukiah, Redwoodand Potter Valleys, the word Pomo means people, while inthe northern Lake county Napo has the same meaning. Thusin the tongue of the former the Potter Valley Indians are theBallo KaiPomo or Oat Valley People ; those of *Ukiah, YokaiaPomo, or South Valley People; the lake tribes, tShoke Pomo orLake People. Similarly in Lake county, the tribes on the hillyedge of Big Valley were Kabenapo or Rock People. Those who * Each of the tribes livinif in Ukiah Valley miw claim the name Yokaia.tShoke means East Water.
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POMO INDIAN BASKETS. 9 lived down by the waters of Clear Lake were Talanapo or PondLily People, and that tribe which lived in the bushy region alongCache Creek were Khainapo or Wood People, etc. As will beseen all tribal names were descriptive with the suffix People. Properly speaking, therefore, there is no such a tribe as thePomos. The name^iPomo was first used by Mr. Stephen Powers, whosestudies of the California Indians from 1873 to 1876 were em-bodied in a most interesting volume of the United States Gov-ernment Reports in 1876. Mr. Powerss use of the word wasin designating a linguistic group rather than a tribe proper, andin that sense it is now accepted by the best authorities. The customs, arts and physiognomies of all of the tribes Ihave mentioned are-very similar, and while there is much differ-ence in language there is sufficient likeness to make it certainthat all were derived from the same stock. The name Pomo inthis sense is as good as any other, and is generally accepte

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