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Southern Paiutes: Legends, Lore, Language and Lineage

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Lavan Martineau and Sapir were two authors who have studied the Southern Paiutes. Sapir did it as a professional liguist, from the outside in. Lavan, being adopted by Edrick Bad Moon Bushhead, a Southern Paiute, got to study them from the inside. Being one of them he really got inside the Southern Paiute mind and takes you on an inside cultural historical tour. His knowledge of the language is excellent. I remember him from my childhood as we both explored Paiute lore. He had a notebook always ready for language notes. He went on to interview the tribal elders before they died off thus aquiring valuable family history information. Much of what he learned is in his book. His findings form the foundation of my work as the Southern Paiute tribal genealogist.
Oreste Lombardi

I bought this to study the Ute/Paiute language since so many of the southwest Colorado names are of Ute origin and I am fascinated by languages.
It is a compilation of the Paiute/Ute language which both have origins in the same language. It is interesting to read the words and find thier meaning and apply them to actual placed that are named with Ute words.