Washo
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
Washo
- Details
Style and culture of the North American Indian people of the Great Basin region who made their home around Lake Tahoe in what is now California and Nevada. The culture has existed for an estimated 9,000 years in the Lake Tahoe Basin and adjacent east and west slopes and valleys of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
- Variations
Washoan Indians
Washoe
Washoe Indians
Washo Indians
- Broader Term