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The Washo (also Washoe) are a Native American people who originally lived around Lake Tahoe and adjacent areas of the Great Basin. The name Washoe/Washo is derived from the autonym waashiw (wa·šiw) meaning "people from here" in the Washo language (transliterated in older literature as Wa She Shu)
The Washo language (also Washoe) is an endangered Native American language isolate spoken by the Washo on the California-Nevada border in the drainages of Truckee and Carson rivers, especially around Lake Tahoe. While there are very few speakers of Washo today (only 10 according to some; 252 according to the US census), there are Washo language programs aimed at increasing the number of proficient speakers
Washoe is a chimpanzee, currently living at the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute (CHCI) at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington

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washoe process
The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt