Walker River Paiute Tribe Culture Department

08/06/2025

Join us tonite at the Schurz Handgame arbor for Handgame at the park 6pm-8pm

07/08/2025

We had such a great time last week! Big Thank You to all who attended/or donated to the event.. Please come down this Wednesday Schurz Community Center from 6pm-8pm.. hope to see you there 💕🙏💕

07/02/2025

Starting Tomorrow!! 6-8pm at the Schurz Community Center

11/10/2024

Last week's class is now ready for viewing on our YouTube channel. Both the hour long class and also the summary & review linked below.

We learned the numbers greater than 10 as taught by the late Harold "Sparky" Miller. We also learned how to ask and answer "How old is..." and "How old are you?"

In this class, we learned how to say the numbers greater than 10. We also practiced answering the questions "How old is...?" and "How are you?"Leave a commen...

10/26/2024

Here is an abbreviated version of our Numu class 22 in which we learned how to ask and answer if someone has started or finished doing something.

10/26/2024

Our Numu classes 22 and 23 are now posted on YouTube along with the summary & review of each.

In class 22 we learned suffixes that signify inception (the start of something) and completion (the ending of something), plus 7 new verbs.

In class 23 we learned 8 new postposition and several new nouns.

This is a summary of our 1 hour class 22 where we learned two suffixes, one that signifies inception and one that signifies completion. We also learned 7 new...

10/13/2024

Summary & Review of last Tuesday's class is now ready for viewing. You can also watch the full hour long video if you so desire.

In this class we continued practicing the days of the week while also learning new familial terms, plus the accompaniment suffix -no.

10/06/2024

New Summary & Review video posted on our YouTube channel.
Check it out 😃

In this video I provide a summary & review of our 1-hour long class. We learned one possible way to say the Day of the Week in Numu, plus we learned the 3 di...

10/02/2024

How does your community say the days of the week?

I made this comparison from a few different communities. You might be asking, “Where’s Schurz?!” Well I have no record of anyone from Schurz saying the days of the week ☹️

Most communities refer to the days of the week as the numbers of days worked:

Monday = One working day
Tuesday = Two working day
Wednesday = Three working day

As you can see below, the communities say the second word slightly differently (e.g. Tunawaakuno, Nawaaku, etc.) yet they essentially mean the same thing (a time for working). Some communities refer to Saturday as the sixth working day, while others refer to it as non-working day.

In Fort Hall (not listed below), they are more descriptive. For example, they refer Friday as Natugoetaba or Pakwe Dabeno (“Fish Day”), and Saturday as Natuumawaa Tabeno (“Rationing Day”).

Even within communities there can be differences. For example, per the below, in the Pyramid Lake dialect they refer to Wednesday as Pahe Nawoakuno’o. However, I have a record of Warren Tobey from Pyramid Lake calling Wednesday Pahe Tunawaaku.

This is a reminder that there is no one “right” way to say the days of the week. As long as each community understands each other, that’s what counts 😃