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 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚.

Pictured here are Marian Louie, Mary Teeman, Annie Kennedy Shakespeare, Jennie Louie, and Everett Capps of the Burns Paiute Tribe in 1939.

Marian Louie was a keeper of Burns Paiute tribal history handed down from elders such as her husband's parents, Captain and Jennie Louie, who experienced the atrocities of the 1878 Indian wars in Harney County first hand. Following is an excerpt from the History of the Malheur Paiutes as told by Marian Louie, translated by Minerva Soucie.
 
“𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 “𝘞𝘢𝘥𝘢.” 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 “𝘞𝘢𝘥𝘢-𝘋𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘢” 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵.”
 
Read the entire text online in the Individual and Family History Files section of the Western History Room on the Harney County Library website.

Browse our new online digital archive and learn more about the local Paiute culture and history.

NEW to our digital collections are four short Paiute creation myths as told by Marian Louie and Chester Beers to Robert W. Gail who illustrated and compiled the stories into booklets.