Yes, various Shoshoni and Utes did live in the Great Basin. What they didn't do was blunder into situations as described. There is no 'one ultimate' reference book. I can find fault in everyone of them, either in omission or outright error. Solar Stills are the classic. Have any of these people REALLY done this? I'd put more faith in striking a rock with a Biblical shepherd's crook! What about that fossilised illustration of a trap that would take an earthquake to trigger? It's in half the manuals and IT DON'T WORK. A student ( and we all better fall under that appelation) of survival needs to read everything. One writer will have a way with words, or some subtle trick that clarifies another's less articulate or inspired instruction. An aquaintance attended Reevis Mountain School in Arizona years ago. He returned caterwalling bitterly about the New Age chats about reincarnation. He also mentioned in near afterthought how Peter taught him the bowdrill like no other instructor and his final mastering of the skill. I'm like, DUDE, can your Presbyterian minister do that? Prometheus comes in many forms. Read them all, take some courses. But, If one named Oddyseus teaches navigation? Get some references from former crewmen <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />