HERITAGE
Walk Through the Stories That Shaped This Place
Visit the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Museum and Visitor Center
Nixon: Learn directly from the Tribe about Numu culture, Pyramid Lake’s natural history, endemic fish, recreation protocols, and why the lake is sacred.
Explore the Numu Northern Paiute itinerary
Follow a culturally grounded route through Northern Paiute homelands and tribally operated destinations. Visit the Gatekeeper’s Museum
Tahoe City: Explore Tahoe’s maritime and resort history and one of the country’s largest collections of Native American baskets: Discover Truckee museums and historic sites
Learn about Washoe presence, Donner Pass crossings, Chinese railroad workers, logging, transportation, and Sierra ski culture. Explore the Lake Tahoe Historical Society
South Lake Tahoe: Experience local exhibits and self-guided walks through historic areas.
Belonging question: Whose stories are held here and who should be entrusted to tell them?
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Deeper Dive: Washo Galis Dungal (winter shelter)
Visit a Galis Dungal at the IVCB Visitor Center (on Hwy 28), or at the Tahoe Vistana Resort (Tahoe Vista) Incline Village, at the Washoe Camp in Meeks Bay or Sugar Pine Park.
Constructed from Cedar poles and cured bark, these conical structures sheltered Washoe people through thousands of years of Tahoe winters. At any of these locations, you are invited to enjoy a short mindful forest walk along Incline Creek and 3rd Creek in Incline Village with your heart and senses open (called ‘Forest Bath’). Listen to the trees, wind, water and wildlife and you may receive a song, a poem, an answer..
Constructed from Cedar poles and cured bark, these conical structures sheltered Washoe people through thousands of years of Tahoe winters. At any of these locations, you are invited to enjoy a short mindful forest walk along Incline Creek and 3rd Creek in Incline Village with your heart and senses open (called ‘Forest Bath’). Listen to the trees, wind, water and wildlife and you may receive a song, a poem, an answer..
Experience 10,000 years of heritage still breathing in the basin and visit a heritage site near you
1. Gateway Museum
Dat-so-la-lee, a Washo basket weaver, wove a basket so small you need a microscope to see it. Collect some long, soft and brown 9so they are dried but still supple) pine needles covering the ground and with some synthetic sinew, raffia or string you can craft your own basket, just to feel what it is like to weave from the eco-system, as the Washo did.
