Miwok & Lost Lake Effect
Miwok & Lost Lake Effect R. Taylor In California it has been a wet year, meaning of course we have had lots of rain and other forms of precipitation, so much so that “ghostly” appearances are occurring (Walters, 2023). One apparition or “phantom” is the former, yet always ready Tulare Lake (SMM, n.d) which the Tachi Yokut Tribe reveres in name as Pa’ashi (TS, 2023). “Ready” as in “born ready” and ready for opportunity, willing to speak up, “put me in coach”. The Los Angeles Times’ headline describes this recent appearance of the Pa’ashi, in part as returning, “with a vengeance, unearthing an ugly history” (TS, 2023). As a Miwok or other person of interest you may find it interesting that according to the Tachi Yokut Tribe, “Yokut” means “people” (SRR, 2023) just as Miwok also means “people” (Conrotto, 2016) somehow I think, feel, and opine, these native “people” referred to themselves beyond just one general non-specific way. Perhaps our ancestors were so humble as to refer to the...