Fragments from the Botanical Frontier:

NEVADA
Harry Sampson portrait
Harry Sampson (1890-1975) was a Paiute Nevada native hired as a plant collector and interviewer. Mostly, though, natives were informants about medicinal knowledge and practices. This photo is undated. Hunt Institute collections. Click image to enlarge.

Field translations
Taken from his parents and forced to attend the Stewart Indian School at Carson City, Sampson translated the Paiute language into English for this WPA project. Hunt Institute collections.

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