Saturday, September 19, 2009

Wailakki Wintu Life


Wintu
Woman in American dress Lu Smith Gillette and husband









Forest in Wintu Country




Head Dress (fancy) worn by women in Wailakki Wintu Region

















































Thursday, August 13, 2009

Indians Were Cowgirls and Cowboys
















Yakima Canutt, Western Film Rider - long-time friend of Erma Baker (rodeo friends)
Erma Baker and Red Baker-Frisbie on way to the Highland Lakes Country 1950s
Roundup Pendleton Oregon 1916 Bertha B, Annie Ingle, and Erma Baker (racing)
At the Trinity River 1985
Alma Sears, Erma Baker, Alma Smith-Scott, Patsy and Billy

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Photos Northwest California Indians















From my files
Wintu Basket pattern See more about Baskets at www.ciba.org
Alma Sears Baker and son Robert- Wailakki Wintu
Erma, Lue, and Alma Wailakki Wintu Women (Lue is dau of Alma Sears and Abial Smith); Erma is daughter of Alma Sears Baker (1/2 sister of Lue); Alma in this photo is daughter of Erma Baker and Leslie Francis Smith (Smith is from Danish ancestry)
Fern canyon, a scene from Northwestern California
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Photos of Northwest California Indains
















Here are photos of Native American people from northwest California.


Bonnie Blockburger, a Wailakki woman
Lucy Young, a Wailakki woman
Lucy and Sam, Wailakki Wintu
Grant and Lily Towendolly, Trinity County origins
Wintu art on wood from Toyon Wintu gathering
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