A.C.R. 30


Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 30--Assemblymen de 
    Braga, Williams, Segerblom, Harrington, 
    Carpenter, Braunlin, Steel, Schneider, 
    Giunchigliani, Bache, Lambert, Chowning, 
    Monaghan, Allard, Stroth, Close, Arberry, Evans, 
    Dini, Buckley, Anderson, Spitler, Goldwater, 
    Ohrenschall, Sandoval, Tripple, Brower, Manendo, 
    Perkins, Neighbors, Nolan, Krenzer, Hettrick, 
    Batten, Humke, Price, Fettic, Bennett, Ernaut, 
    Marvel and Freeman

                    May 3, 1995
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                 Read and adopted


SUMMARY--Commends Wuzzie Dick George and her family 
          for preserving traditions of Northern 
          Paiute People of Stillwater Marsh. 
          (BDR R-1902)




EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra
ckets [ ] is material to be omitted.

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Commending Wuzzie Dick George and her 
        family for preserving the traditions of the Northern Paiute 
        People of the Stillwater Marsh.


  WHEREAS, Wuzzie Dick George, whose first name 
means "Small Animal" in Paiute, was born into a band of the 
Northern Paiutes around 1880 in Jersey Valley near the 
Stillwater Mountain Range of western Nevada; and
  WHEREAS, During her childhood, Wuzzie Dick 
George learned valuable cultural skills including gathering, 
cutting and treating tules and cattails for use in crafting 
tule bags, tule duck decoys, tule balsa boats and cattail 
mats for covering houses; and
  WHEREAS, Wuzzie Dick George volunteered 
countless hours to teach her skills to others and to record 
the Paiute language and her memories of past lifeways for 
posterity; and
  WHEREAS, Wuzzie Dick George worked tirelessly 
as a participant in the creation of the film \Tule 
Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in 
Western Nevada\\ which was produced by the Smithsonian 
Institution and has enabled millions of Americans to share 
in the rich traditions of the Paiute heritage; and
  WHEREAS, Wuzzie Dick George, until her death 
in 1984, honored and preserved the ways of her ancestors by 
teaching her skills and respect for tradition to her 
children and grandchildren, even after being afflicted with 
arthritis and suffering a stroke during the last years of 
her life; and
  WHEREAS, Jimmy George, the husband of Wuzzie 
Dick George, was a Native American born between 1875 and 
1879 below the south branch of the Carson River in western 
Nevada where he spent his boyhood learning to hunt waterfowl 
and rabbits, discovering the customs of his ancestors and 
developing such skills as making tule balsa boats; and
  WHEREAS, Jimmy George, both before and 
during his marriage to Wuzzie Dick George, spent a major 
portion of his life working at Soda Lake and on various 
ranches near Fallon, Nevada, while continuing to engage in 
the Native American traditions of creating tule duck decoys, 
boats and mats; and
  WHEREAS, Jimmy George became a Native American 
doctor, or shaman, and earned the respect of his community 
by effectively treating nearly 1,000 patients; and
  WHEREAS, Jimmy George donated numerous hours 
demonstrating his skills, sharing his vast knowledge of the 
history of his people and relating his own personal stories 
and memories to historians; and
  WHEREAS, The native artistry of the Northern 
Paiute People of the Stillwater Marsh continues to be 
preserved through such projects as a diorama of a camp scene 
that includes tule baskets, tule duck decoys, a tule balsa 
boat and a cattail house created for the Churchill County 
Museum and Archives in Fallon, Nevada; and
  WHEREAS, The exhibit in the Churchill County 
Museum and Archives was refurbished by a son of Wuzzie and 
Jimmy George, Ivan George, with his sons, Martin and Davin; 
and
  WHEREAS, Pride in Paiute history and tradition 
is kept alive through the continued efforts of all members 
of the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe who teach their children 
and grandchildren the ways of their ancestors, the Northern 
Paiute People of the Stillwater Marsh; now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE 
SENATE CONCURRING, That the members of the 68th 
session of the Nevada Legislature commend the Fallon Paiute-
Shoshone Tribe and the George family for their efforts to 
honor and keep alive the memory of their ancestors by 
teaching their history and carrying on their work; and be it 
further
  RESOLVED, That the members of the Nevada 
Legislature commend Wuzzie and Jimmy George for their 
lifelong effort to develop and teach the traditions, crafts 
and skills of their ancestors; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly 
prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to Alvin 
Moyle, Chairman, of the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, to the 
sons of Wuzzie and Jimmy George, Ivan George of Fallon, 
Nevada, and Ashley George of Sacramento, California, to the 
granddaughter of Wuzzie and Jimmy George, Louella George 
Thomas of Fallon, Nevada, and to the great-grandson of 
Wuzzie and Jimmy George, Joey Allen of Fallon, Nevada.

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