Preparations are underway for the Washoe Tribe’s 29th annual Wa She Shu It’Deh Arts Festival. Featuring cultural events ranging from a Washoe basket competition (with weavers from Nevada and ...

The Washoe people are Lake Tahoe’s only native culture. This weekend marks the 18th annual Wa She Shu It Deh Native American Arts Festival for which the tribe showcases its heritage. The ...

itde Festival, an Indigenous culture and arts ... Just as their ancestors did, the Washoe Tribe wants to give back to the land, and in modern times, that means working within the new system ...

That’s where a group started to gather for an environmental stewardship event hosted by the Washoe Tribe’s Environmental Protection Department and the League to Save Lake Tahoe. The Washoe ...

The Washoe Tribe elder died May 1 at age 81 ... She participated every year in the Wai-Pa-Shone festival at Douglas County elementary schools, wearing a traditional dress and head scarf. "She was not ...

Now, the Washoe Tribe produces about a thousand cords of firewood a year. One cord, which consists of about 800 pieces of firewood, provides heating for about one month.

After an attempt to reclaim ancestral land near Lake Tahoe fizzled, an American Indian tribe is now seeking land in south Reno. The Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada wants to be included in an ...

For its Wood for Elders program, the Washoe Tribe partners with the National Forest Foundation, the nonprofit branch of the U ...