Miwok
Kawaiisu
California Native Americans
Hupa
Native Americans 2
100
A belief or custom handed from parents to children.
What is a tradition?
100
The Kawaiisu lived her during the winter.
What is the Mojave Desert?
100
This tribe adapted to their environment by moving from place to place.
What is the Kawaiisu?
100
The Hupa lived along this river.
What is the Trinity River?
100
When a food source was low in one place, this tribe was careful not to use it up and moved to another place where food was more plentiful.
What is the Kawaiisu?
200
The Miwok lived in this area.
What is the Central Valley?
200
The Kawaiisu lived here during the summer.
What are the Tehachapi Mountains?
200
This group of people had better weapons than the Native Americans and were able to take their land.
What is the Spanish?
200
Hupa men and boys hunted these animals.
What are deer and elk?
200
The Chumash built lightweight canoes that could be easily carried.
What is a tomol?
300
This tree was very important for the Miwok.
What is the oak tree?
300
These are carvings on rocks made by the Kawaiisu.
What are petroglyphs?
300
Today, California Native Americans hold these to keep tradition alive.
What are powwows?
300
This is a kind of wall with an opening for the water. It forced fish to swim where they could be easily caught.
What is a weir?
300
This Native American tribe lived in large villages along the southern coast. Boat building was an important technology for them.
What is the Chumash?
400
Land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans.
What is a reservation?
400
The land where they had lived as long as anyone could remember is called.
What is homeland?
400
By the early 1900s, many Native Americans lived on these.
What are reservations?
400
The Hupa refers to their use of skills and tools as...
What is technology?
400
These people go to new places.
What are explorers?
500
This tribe had a festival to celebrate something special.
What is the acorn?
500
These were lines and circles on rocks and rock walls painted by the Kawaiisu.
What is rock art?
500
This refers to the Native American's way of life.
What is culture?
500
The Hupa enjoyed building these two crafts.
What are beads and cedar houses?
500
This tribe remained in one place all year long because they had enough food and natural resources.
What is the Hupa?
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