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Ancient traditions were revived in Tehachapi last week when a small group of Native American women walked along local creekbeds gathering willow to make beautiful baskets. The three women were Mary “Weegi” Claw, her mother Lila Waco McCord and their friend Nora Vasquez. All three are members of the Chemehuevi tribe, which traditionally occupied areas of the Mojave Desert in California and Arizona. Mary and Nora live on Chemehuevi land in Parker, Arizona and Mary’s mother Lila lives in Needles. The Chemehuevi people are the closest relatives of the Nüwa (Kawaiisu) Indian people of the Tehachapi area, both linguistically and culturally. Nora Vasquez has been in Tehachapi before in association with our local Kawaiisu language program, since she is a speaker of the Chemehuevi language who has been working on a dictionary and other projects to preserve her language. The three Indian ladies were in Tehachapi as guests of longtime Native American advocate...

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