Tovusidokado

The Tovusidokado were a Northern Paiute people associated with Smith and Mason valleys in the Walker River country. Their name, translated as “grass bulb eaters”, recalls one of the plant foods gathered in their homeland. The Walker descends from the Sierra Nevada and passes through the two valleys on its way towards its inland lake. Nearby Paiute groups bore names referring to other foods, including trout and chub from the waters of the basin.