Paiute man fined $800 for gathering tule
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He [Wesley Dick] said it’s ironic he was cited so close to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife sign informing visitors that the Paiutes — in particular the Fallon-area bands known as the toi-ticutta (cat-tail eaters) — have been using the marsh plants for generations. “It’s a nice history lesson, but I’m not history, I’m a living person,” Dick said. “The things on their signs are still happening whether they admit it or not.”
Wesley Dick showing his tule decoy ducks. We Paiutes used to use these decoys to hunt ducks. In olden days we covered the ducks with duck skin and placed them in the water to draw other ducks for hunting.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/2011 07:15PM by Yosemite_Indian.