Essie Pinola Parrish

Essie Pinola Parrish (1902–1979), was a Kashaya Pomo spiritual leader and exponent of native traditions. She was also a notable basket weaver.[1][2][3]

Essie Pinola Parrish
Born
Essie Nellie Fisk Pinola

1902
Died1979
NationalityKashaya Pomo, American
Known forBasket weaving, Kashaya language studies
MovementNative American basketry
Patron(s)Robert Kennedy

Biography

Parrish was born Essie Pinola in 1902 at the Stewarts Point Rancheria in Stewarts Point, California.[4] At the age of 6, she was recognized as a shaman by the Kashaya and eventually became the spiritual leader of the Kashaya community. She was considered a prophet and a skilled interpreter of dreams.[4][5]

Parrish was also a healer and a teacher.[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. Her work on Kashaya Pomo is in the California Language Archive.[6] She helped create over 20 anthropological films documenting Pomo culture.[7] She lectured at the New School in New York City in 1972.[8]

Parrish was well known for her expertise in basket weaving. Robert Kennedy was among her collectors.[5]

See also

References
  1. Sarris, Greg (1993). Keeping Slug Woman Alive. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08007-2.
  2. Oswalt, Robert L. (1964). Kashaya texts. University of California publications in linguistics. 36. University of California Press.
  3. Sarris, Greg (1994). Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20968-0.
  4. LaBaron, Gaye (11 March 1984). "Insight". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. p. 22.
  5. "Native American Women's History Quiz". National Women's History Project. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  6. "Essie Parrish – California Language Archive". Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  7. "29 Nov 2012 :: Essie Parrish". our herstory .:. bourne women. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  8. 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.
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