Which Great Basin groups practiced limited horticulture along the Colorado and Virgin rivers?

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Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin Kaylei Weed (left) of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe with her two sons and mother, Elaine Ethel Weed, at the Wind River Indian Reservation in 2015.

Some bands of the Southern Paiute practiced limited horticulture along the Colorado River and the Virgin River. While the traditional cultures of the Great Basin are primarily characterized as hunting and gathering societies, these specific groups utilized the river environments to cultivate small gardens.12