#nuumu
timeline cleanse: marmot edition
September 22, 2026 at 12:50 AM
'the new @natgeo trail map acknowledges her as Nüümü Hu Hupi Lake..This is POWERFUL. Now we need @garmin to update their map...
'I founded Indigenous Women Hike in 2017. Since then I have been seeking out and learning my own Indigenous history..' www.facebook.com/share/p/JxLY...
Indigenous Women Hike
I founded Indigenous Women Hike in 2017. Since then I have been seeking out and learning my own Indigenous history and unlearning the settler history that’s been taught and enforced on the land that.....
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August 20, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Beautiful article on Autumn Harry and Jolie Varela, founder of Indigenous Women Hike, and their journeys on the Nüümü Poyo (aka the JMT

cntraveler.com/story/how-indi…
How Indigenous Hikers Are Reclaiming America's Most Famous Trails
Indigenous Women Hike founder Jolie Varela is raising awareness of Indigenous history on public lands—and the importance of hiking and healing.
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March 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Have been referring to Mt. Whitney as Tumanguya (guardian spirit). I observe people’s faces so I can follow with, “More commonly known as Mt. Whitney.” Good start to spread education. Same goes for Nüümu Poyo (People’s Trail), commonly John Muir Trail. I know it works coz it changed my language!
January 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
You may have heard about California's water wars, but you may not know as much about the Nüümü, the Indigenous people who have been fighting to get their water back for over 150 years.
In California, a native people fight to recover their stolen waters | Food and Environment Reporting Network
When Noah Williams was about a year old, his parents took him on a fateful drive through the endless desert sagebrush of the Owens Valley—which the Nüümü call Payahuunadü—in California’s Eastern…
thefern.org
May 17, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Nuumu/Shoshone-Bannock land.
November 17, 2024 at 5:02 PM
First Photo in the #Otherworldly series: "Mobius Arch and Moon" - The beautiful moon set between the Eastern Sierra and Mobius Arch at the Alabama Hills in February 2024. Lone Pine Peak & Tumanguya (Mt. Whitney) can also be seen through the arch. Nüümü Witü, Newe Sogobia, & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland.
June 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My 3rd photo in the #NaturalistGalleryLandscapeCollection is "Kissed by Snow" - A light dusting on the foothill section of the #EasternSierra just above the #Buttermilks, CA. Nüümü Witü, Newe Sogobia, & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland. Nov 2022.

See collection here: naturalist.gallery/collections/...
April 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Photo: “Cloudburst” - fourth photo in my #FineArtPhotoAwards #Panoramic award winning series “Painting with Light.” A fantastic storm poured rain on the #EasternSierra & the #BodieHills, CA, in July 2024. Wašišiw Ɂítdeʔ (Washoe) & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland. July 2024. #NikonD850.
April 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"In this world there is room for everyone, & the good earth is rich & can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed." - Charlie Chaplin.
April 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Photo: "Timeless" - The beautiful moon was setting behind #LonePinePeak and #Tumanguya #MtWhitney while at the #AlabamaHills on the #EasternSierra during a sunrise in February 2024. Nüümü Witü, Newe Sogobia, & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland. #NikonD850, #NikonCreators.
April 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." — Ansel Adams.

Happy belated Art Day! Do you have a favorite artist? I have too many favorites to choose just one!

Photo: "Timeless" - 3rd photo in my award winning serie
April 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A beautiful morning at #LittleLakesValley hanging out near Rock Creek in July 2018. Nüümü Witü & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland. #NikonD850, @nikonusa, #NikonNoFilter.

#NikonCreators #WildCalifornia_ #BestOfTheGoldenState #RoamCalifornia #JyotiraoPhule #MountainVistas #ChooseMountains
April 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“Without education, wisdom was lost; without wisdom, morals were lost; without morals, development was lost; without development, wealth was lost; without wealth, the Shudras were ruined; so much has happened through lack of education.” — Jyotirao Phule.

Photo: "Little Lakes Valley Panorama" - ⬇️
April 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“I dream my painting, and I paint my dream.” ― Vincent Van Gogh.

Photo: “Golden Leaves” - Autumn was in full force near Bishop, CA, when I was there for my birthday weekend in November 2022, which always makes me happy. I saw this beautiful tree glistening in the sun right before sunset. #Stunday
March 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace."-- William Ellery Channing.

Photo: "Stillness" - A beaver pond in Lundy Canyon, Eastern Sierra (Pamidü Toiyabe), CA. Kootzaduka'a, Me-Wuk, & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland.
March 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
3. "Women Wanderer" - Olivia Ma (IG: @olivia.climbs) on Evilution to the Lip (V10/7C+), Grandpa Peabody Boulder, Buttermilks, Payahuunadü, CA. Nüümü, Newe Sogobia, & Nüümü Witü Ancestral Homeland. November 2022.
March 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
2. "Xavier's Roof" - Kylie Cullen (IG: @kylieclimbs) working out the beta on Xavier’s Roof (V11/8A) at Dale’s Camp, Bishop, CA. Payahuunadü. Nüümü, Newe, & Nüümü Witü Ancestral Homeland. March 2019.
March 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” - MLK, Jr.

Happy MLK, Jr Day!

Photo: "Dreamy Moon" - The moon became so illuminated when I was driving on the 395 near Bishop that I had to stop & take a photo at the #SherwinGradeVistaPoint. July 2024. Nüümü Witü & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland.
January 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Indigenous needle-workers from 12,000 years ago, sewing tailored clothes to fit snug & keep people warm.
And you thought Otzi's 5,300 yr old clothes were a big deal.

(Tenino, Nuumu, Cayuse, Umatilla, & Walla Walla folks in what is now called Bend, Oregon)

www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
World's oldest known sewn clothing may be stitched pieces of ice age hide unearthed in Oregon cave
The sewn hide, cordage and needles show how Indigenous Americans used complex technology to survive the freezing temperatures at the end of the last ice age and as a means of social expression.
www.livescience.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Nüümü tribe from "Owens Valley, Southern California" put water "to beneficial use" and would like to prove its water rights. Great story by Teresa Cotsirilos on FERN News, quoting Felicia Marcus, among others. thefern.org/2024/05/in-c...
In California, a native people fight to recover their stolen waters | Food and Environment Reporting Network
When Noah Williams was about a year old, his parents took him on a fateful drive through the endless desert sagebrush of the Owens Valley—which the Nüümü call Payahuunadü—in California’s Eastern…
thefern.org
May 31, 2024 at 11:52 PM