There Tillohash began working with Sapir, then employed at the nearby University of Pennsylvania.

[2] Together they recorded many Paiute songs, and Sapir describes Tillohash's musical memory with some amazement: Despite his five years' absence from home, Tony's musical memory was quite remarkable.

[3]The work ultimately led to a book-length description of the language, now considered a classic in linguistics.

[4] After his studies at Carlisle, Tillohash returned to Utah and married a Shivwits Paiute woman.

[1] He and Stewart Snow observed the changes that the Great Depression and the Indian New Deal brought to their tribe, when they wrote in 1940: "For the past six years we have depended largely on the various Federal Relief Agencies.