Qwina H. West, Sr.,  is a tribal member of the Bishop Paiute Reservation and Director of the TEK Program,  TEK is looking for your help for our Traditional Dance & Song Group.   We are asking for donations of  magpie, duck, goose, wild turkey and crow feathers for our Dance Group for use in making traditional outfits used in Tribal Dances. There are a lots of different ways that we can use these feathers, most of which are sacred  to us. The Bishop Paiute Reservation is located in the Owens Valley, California.   

Tradtitional War Dancers

If you wish to donate any feathers to the Dance Group, please make sure that they are dry and send them to:

TEK Program
Qwina H. West, Sr.,
725 N. Barlow Lane
Bishop, CA 93515
(760) 873-3041

Paiute War Dancer
(Forbes Collection)

Our Youth Dance Group would like to thank the Wuuchuimi tribe for inviting us to dance with their dance group in Visalia, California this year - 2008.  The group had a wonderful time! 

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2010 GRANT AWARDED
Native Culture Fund
(Humboldt Area Foundaton)

This grant was given for our Paiute Traditional Skills Project and Dance Group
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