Cannonville in Garfield County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Water Willow People
The Southern Paiute
Photographed by Tom Bosse, June 12, 2025
1. Water Willow People Marker
Inscription.
Water Willow People. The Southern Paiute. Archaeology reveals that the Southern Paiute, a Numic-speaking people from the Southern Great Basin, arrived in this region about 800 years ago. The Southern Paiute say they have always been here. They call themselves Nuwuvi, or The People, meaning like all those before and since. Until recently, they traveled in a seasonal rhythm, gathering grass seeds, pinon nuts, and sego lily roots, and hunting lizards, prairie dogs, and deer. They wove clothing from shredded sagebrush bark and baskets from raspy skin of yucca. The Paiute merged with the land, taking only what it offered., [Captions]: Paiutes gathering seeds , Willow wisps , Basket of pinon nuts
Archaeology reveals that the Southern Paiute, a Numic-speaking people from the Southern Great Basin, arrived in this region about 800 years ago. The Southern Paiute say they have always been here. They call themselves Nuwuvi, or The People, meaning like all those before and since. Until recently, they traveled in a seasonal rhythm, gathering grass seeds, pinon nuts, and sego lily roots, and hunting lizards, prairie dogs, and deer. They wove clothing from shredded sagebrush bark and baskets from raspy skin of yucca. The Paiute merged with the land, taking only what it offered.
[Captions]: Paiutes gathering seeds
Willow wisps
Basket of pinon nuts
Location. 37° 34.025′ N, 112° 3.265′ W. Marker is in Cannonville, Utah, in Garfield County. It can be reached from the intersection of West Center Street and Main Street / Kodachrome Road, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located at the Cannonville Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10 W Center St, Cannonville UT 84718, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Canyon Country and specifically in Color Country. It is also in the American Mountain West, in Colorado Plateau, and at the Four Corners. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 38 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 11, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
