Quotes worth sharing

Provided by Jon Hammond.

"Jimmy George's mother died when he was still in his basket [cradleboard]. No other women were nursing, and there were no cows or sheep for milk. His grandmother kept him alive by dipping pinenut soup from a bowl into his tiny mouth with her finger."

– Wuzzie George

Paiute peoples like the Nuwä (Kawaiisu) of the Tehachapi Mountains were able to sustain even infants on the nutritious Pinyon Pine (Pinus monophylla) nuts that were gathered in large numbers each autumn.