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12-15-2013, 09:33 PM
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Many patterns occurred in multiple tribes, although not necessarily with the same meaning. That checkerboard is one of several the Wintu used to signify "deer scat". What modern quilters know as delectable mountains is "swallowtail" to the Wintu.
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