Essie Pinola Parrish
Essie Pinola Parrish | |
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Born |
Essie Nellie Fisk Pinola 1902 |
Died | 1979 |
Nationality | Kashaya Pomo, American |
Known for | Basket weaving, Kashaya language studies |
Movement | Native American basketry |
Patron(s) | Robert Kennedy |
Essie Pinola Parrish (1902–1979), was a Kashaya Pomo spiritual leader and basket weaver.[1][2][3]
Biography
Parrish was best known for her expertise in basket weaving. Robert Kennedy was among her collectors.[4]
Essie Parrish, "along with Mabel McKay, of the revitalized Bole Maru Dreamer religion." She lectured at the New School in New York City in 1972.[5]"She was acknowledged as her people’s 'dreamer' at age 6 and had a great ability to prophesy and interpret dreams."[4]
Parrish educated Kashaya (Kashia) children in the Kashaya Pomo language. She collaborated with Robert Oswalt, a linguist at University of California, Berkeley, to write a dictionary of Kashaya Pomo.[6] Her work on Kashaya Pomo is in the California Language Archive.[7] She "helped create over 20 anthropological films documenting Pomo culture and ceremonies."[8]
Quote
"Toward the end of the world, when I am no longer here ... it's important people remember and respect."[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Sarris, Greg (1993). Keeping Slug Woman Alive. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08007-2.
- ↑ Oswalt, Robert L. (1964). Kashaya texts. University of California publications in linguistics. 36. University of California Press.
- ↑ Sarris, Greg (1994). Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20968-0.
- 1 2 "Native American Women's History Quiz". National Women's History Project. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ Rothenburg, Jerome. "Outsider Poems, a Mini-Anthology in Progress (52): Essie Parish in New York". Jerome Rothenburg Poems and Poetics. Jacket2. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑
- ↑ "Essie Parrish – California Language Archive". Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ "29 Nov 2012 :: Essie Parrish". our herstory .:. bourne women. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ Silver, Miriam (2001-02-10). "Miwok Author Credit Elders". Canku Ota (29). Retrieved 2013-04-08.
External links
- Redwood bark dolls made by Essie Pinola Parrish
- Pomo Dreamers and Doctors, includes photos of Essie Parrish
- "Essie Parrish – California Language Archive". Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- "Sucking doctor (DVD video, 2009)". Retrieved 2013-04-08.