In 2018, the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe reburied the remains of The Story Teller.
free from repetition
The Paiute people are some of the Native American tribe who were the original people of the land I grew up on in Carson City Nevada. Also, the Washoe people. Honoring them. I grew up down the road from the horrible boarding school (Steward Indian Colony) that was where children from Native peoples were kidnapped / taken from their families across the country and forced to be in these boarding schools. There was a lot of abuse, they were forced to cut their hair, not allowed to sing their songs, speak their language or do any traditional practices, forced into Christianity and English. Of course we did not learn any of this in school. But it is important as Americans to re-educate ourselves on our real history and the intentional erasure of the Native peoples of our lands. May we all rise together, honoring our cultures and our diversity and recognize we are all family, from different tribes, and we all share this planet together. We are One Earth Family. In order for healing to happen, the truth including the trauma must be acknowledged. So, we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. Many blessings to all Aho Aye
Spirit Cave Mummy
Radiocarbon dating demonstrated the remains were actually approximately 10,700 years old, making this the oldest known mummy in the World
In 1940, husband and wife archaeologist team Sydney and Georgia Wheeler were exploring Spirit Cave near Fallon, Nevada when they discovered the mummified remains of an individual originally estimated to 1500-2000 years or so in age. In 1997 however, radiocarbon dating demonstrated the remains were actually approximately 10,700 years old, making this the oldest known mummy in the World! The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe requested the mummy be repatriated to Spirit Cave. They referred to the individual as "The Story Teller". The BLM refused until DNA testing revealed an unbroken genetic lineage between The Spirit Cave Mummy and modern Native Americans.
The carvings lie within the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
The carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago
Winnemucca Lake is home to several petroglyphs long believed to be very old. In 2013, researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. Either date would make them the oldest known petroglyphs found in North America.
The carvings lie within the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. It is in northwest Nevada and sits astride the border between Washoe and Pershing counties.