• Pipe Spring National Monument

    Pipe Spring

    National Monument Arizona

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Opuntia Phaecantha

In the fall, look for plum-sized purple fruit on these prickly pear cactus. These ‘pears’ are good eaten fresh. Paiute people compressed and dried the fruits into cakes for trade and winter storage.

 
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Items made from cliffrose bark.

The Kaibab Paiute Indians used cliffrose bark to make mats, skirts, leggings, etc.  Learn more at the Pipe Spring National Monument - Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians Visitor Center and Museum. More...