Native American Food
What is the Native Americans most important food?
Acorns
What type of houses did Native Americans live in?
Cone or dome shaped structures
What were the California's tribes names?(at least 2)
Chumash, Diegueno, Hupa, Pomo, Yuma, and Yurok
Who arranged the marriages?
The families
What did the totem pole represent?
Territory markers, welcome signs, and to remind people of great deeds or great times.
What did the Native Americans use the acorns for?
They cracked the acorn, removed the kernels, and pounded them into flour.
What were their houses covered in?
Grass, brush, or bark.
What are tribelets?
Tribelets are cultured ties with other groups.
Why did the grandparents take care of the children?
Parents were responsible for providing the food for the group.
What kind of animals did the totem poles have?(at least 2)
Ravens, killer whales, eagles, thunderbirds, beavers, bears, wolves, and even frogs.
What food consisted of flour?
Soup, mush, or bread
Extra
200 points extra
Who led the tribelet?
The tribelet was led by a chief.
What kind of clothe did men wear?
Breechcloth
What did the buffalo hide images represent in the tribelets?
Healing or for help with childbirth.
What food did the Coast Native American collect?
Oysters, clams, and shellfish
What were the desert Native American houses made of?
Brush
What were 3 of the natural resources that the area provided for the California Native Americans?( at least 2)
seacosts, tidewaters, rivers, redwood forests, grasslands, wetlands, deserts, and valleys.(It has to be at least 3 of these resources)
What kind of clothe did women wear?
Short skirts
Extra
100 points
What food did the desert Native American collect?
Nuts and mesquite fruit
Where did the Central Native Americans build their houses?
Underground
What equipment did Native American use for hunting and fishing?(at least 2)
Bows, arrows, spear-throwers, snares, and traps.
What kind of clothes did Native Americans wear during wind and rain?
Skin Robes
Why did the Native Americans paint their buffalo hides?
For special or ceremonial purposes