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When the Native Americans of the Tehachapi area needed shade during the long dry summers of California’s inland ranges, they had two choices: either utilize shade from an existing source, such as a large tree or boulder, or create their own shade device. For more than 2,000 years, the Nüwa (Kawaiisu) Indians of Kern County have built a hava kahn-hi, or “shade house” to shield themselves from the summer sun. And they still do. Last week I was in Walker Basin helping Kawaiisu elder Luther Girado construct a hava kahnhi on his property. Utilizing willows cut from along a creekbed by Luther and a couple of friends, we quickly assembled a serviceable hava kahnhi, the simple but attractive brush shelters under which Indian women once sat in the shade to make their beautiful baskets or prepare meals, often while their babies slept in the welcome shade. The word hava means “shade” and as most Tehachapi residents know, thanks to Tomo Kahni State...
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