Meet the Indians
The names of the 4 groups of early California Indian tribes.
What is Coastal People, Valley People, Desert People, and Mountain People?
The Coastal People most commonly used this water transportation device.
What is canoe?
The river the Mojave Indians lived near.
What is the Colorado River?
The Mountain People did this to their meat, so they could eat it in the winter.
What is dry their meat?
The two tribes found in the Central Valley.
What are the Miwok and Yokut?
How many years ago the earliest settlers arrived in California.
What is 12,000 years ago?
From the animals they harvested, the Coastal People created these items (name one).
What are food, clothing, fishing line, ropes, and tools?
The mountains the Cahuilla lived near.
What are the San Bernardino Mountains?
The mountain range along the eastern border of California.
What is the Sierra Nevada?
Local reed used to make mats and coverings for homes.
What is tule?
About how many different languages that were spoken by the first Californians.
What is more than 100?
Three of the animals the Coastal People harvested.
What are kelp, sea slugs, salmon, herring, halibut, dog salmon, whales, and sea otters?
The currency used by the Cahuilla Indians.
What are shells?
The item the Mountain People wore on their feet to get around in the snow.
What are snowshoes?
The holy person expected to care for the spiritual and physical needs of the tribe.
What is a shaman?
The three things Native Americans used to decorate their bodies.
What is fur, beads, and feathers?
The Coastal People had to protect their homes from what?
What are coastal storms?
A type of home the Cahuilla tribe constructed.
What is a kish?
While the men hunted, the women had this job.
What is gather nuts and berries?
A storehouse used to keep food safe from animals.
What is a granary?
The material used to make sandals, baskets, and mats.
What is sagebrush bark?
The four examples given as tribes in the coastal region.
What are the Hupa, Yurok, Karok, and Chumash?
A paste-like substance used to treat cuts and injuries.
What is poultice?
The two tribe examples from this region.
What are the Maidu and Nisenan?
Ceremonies were held by shamans to keep this animal away.
What are rattlesnakes?