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    The Washoe or Wašišiw ("people from here", or transliterated in older literature as Wa She Shu) are a Great Basin tribe of Native Americans, living near...
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  • Washoe or Washo may refer to: Washoe people, an indigenous people of the Great Basin in North America United States Washoe County, Nevada Washoe Creek...
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    It is named after the Washoe people who originally inhabited the area. It was consolidated with Roop County in 1864. Washoe City was the first county...
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  • Washoe Meadows State Park is a state park in California, consisting of more than 600 acres (240 ha) of woodlands and meadows. It is located south of Lake...
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    communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united under a tribal council. The washoe people own over 64,300 acres (26,000 ha) in public domain allotments & PDAs...
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  • Washoe (c. September 1965 – October 30, 2007) was a female common chimpanzee who was the first non-human to learn to communicate using American Sign Language...
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    Paiute and Western Shoshone or Sosone. Relations with the Waasseoo or Washoe people, who were culturally and linguistically very different, were not so...
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    Washoe Lake State Park is a year-round public recreation area occupying 3,775 acres (1,528 ha) on the southeast shore of Washoe Lake in Washoe County,...
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    area was part of western Utah Territory and was known as Washoe, after the native Washoe people. The separation of the territory from Utah was important...
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    of Nevada. Located between Reno and Carson City, it is named for the Washoe people, Native Americans who lived there before the arrival of Europeans. Slide...
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