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Which tools were commonly used by both horse-using and pedestrian Great Basin peoples?
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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.
Aside from horse-related equipment such as saddles and halters, the tools used by both equestrian and pedestrian Great Basin peoples were remarkably similar and characteristic of hunting and gathering cultures.
Commonly shared tools included:
- Bow and arrow
- Stone knives
- Rabbit sticks
- Digging sticks
- Baskets
- Nets
- Flat seed-grinding slabs and hand stones
Additionally, both groups utilized various implements for fishing and hunting, such as lines, hooks, harpoons, and willow fish weirs for aquatic resources, as well as snares, traps, and long hooked sticks for capturing rodents.1