In Paiute Country: The Numa of Pyramid Lake

Allow us to introduce you to the people who called the Black Rock
Desert “home” way before we did. This is your backstage pass to
the original Burners of the Great Basin: The Pyramid Lake
Paiute. 


Strap in for a road trip that's part history lesson, part
cultural exchange, and essential listening for when you wonder,
"Who lived here before we showed up in tutus?"


We're not just passing through, we're digging deep with…


Billie Jean Guerrero: Director of the Pyramid Lake Museum

Mervin Wright: Environmental Manager

James Phoenix: Former Chairman

Steven Wadsworth: Current Chairman

Dean Barlese: Elder and Spiritual Leader

"Double D": A tribal member at at the Golden Spike Ceremony



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Helpful links:


A Message from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to All BRC Citizens
2023 (Burning Man Journal)


Donate your leftover, non-perishable food to the Pyramid Lake
Paiute. Drop it off at Bunny’s Tacos in Nixon! Here are Google
Map Directions from playa to Bunny’s. 


Camp or recreate at Pyramid Lake. Buy a permit here.


Volunteer at the Pyramid Lake Visitor Center and Museum. Help
build out the new medicine garden or improve the museum’s new
haba (traditional Paiute shade structure). Contact Billie
Jean Guerrero at bjguerrero@plpt.nsn.us


Donate to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. Stop by the Pyramid Lake
Museum and Visitor Center. You can donate in person!
Gifting! 


You can also write to the Tribal Secretary at
tribalsecretary@plpt.nsn.us with which program, department, or
tribal office you’d like to direct your donation.


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