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This website was created and is maintained by Jared Coleman, member of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owen's Valley and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Loyola Marymount University. All words and sentences in this dictionary are from Glenn Nelson Jr.'s Owens Valley Paiute Dictionary. This website is made possible through his work and the contributions of the native speakers and elders he collaborated with. Special thanks to Norma Nelson, elder and fluent speaker/teacher of the Bishop Paiute Tribe, as well as to the following Paiute speakers from across Payahuunadü: Albert Meredith, Ethie Meredith, Andy Garrison, Maude Shaw, Ruth Brown, and Margie Jones.