Catherine S. Fowler

Research shows how Native Americans make subsistence living in the semiarid western United States. Worked with the Northern Paiute; Southern Paiute; and Shoshone of Nevada, Utah, and California; explaining how Native Americans classify and manage plants, animals, and local resources; and how they encode information to remember the location of hundreds of life-sustaining springs. Native American tribes have sought advice on language and culture retention, and the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe has sought her advice on land restoration and the management of pinon and mesquite resources in Death Valley National Park. Fowler has served on local and national boards and in society offices, and maintains interests in issues involving museums and cultural, linguistic and historical preservation.