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The Pomo
The Maidu
The Gabrielino
The Mojave
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Mendocino, Sonoma and Lake Counties
What is where the Pomo lived?
100
The Maidu made knives and arrowheads from this.
What is flint?
100
A tall, reed-like grass that grows in marshy areas.
What is tule?
100
The Mojave planted this in the rich soil.
What is beans, pumpkins, and corn?
100
This tribe built strong plank boats.
What is the Gabrielinos?
200
Some ways that the Pomo used baskets.
What is storing, gathering and cooking food?
200
This is why the Maidu built their villages on high ground.
What is so that they could see strangers coming?
200
The Gabrielinos used this to heat their food.
What is hot rocks stirred into the food?
200
The kind of shirt the women would wear in the winter months.
What is shirts made of rabbit or beaver skins?
200
In the fall, the Maidu would gather this.
What is acorns?
300
Tools used for fishing
What is nets, spears and traps?
300
The Maidu would stuff this into their moccasins to help keep their feet warm.
What is grass?
300
The Gabrielinos ground this up to make flour.
What is acorns?
300
The Mojave lived where this natural resource was good for making pots.
What is clay?
300
This tribe lived in small, bowl-like shelters.
What is the Pomo?
400
How the Pomo stayed safe from flooding waters.
What is built their villages on the side of a hill?
400
In the spring, the Maidu would travel for weeks gathering this.
What is wild plants, seeds, roots, insects and berries?
400
This is what the hot acorn cereal is called.
What is mush?
400
This is where the Mojave lived.
What is southeastern California?
400
The American Indian tribes of California used this for food, clothing, shelter, and tools.
What is natural resources?
500
Words they did not have in their language because the food was so plentiful.
What is "famine" and "starvation"?
500
The hole in the roof of a Maidu lodge also served as this.
What is the door?
500
This is where the Gabrielino Indians lived.
What is southern, coastal California and the Channel Islands?
500
The Mojave were unique because they did this, while most other California tribes did not.
What is farm?
500
This is how American Indian groups of California treated the environment around them.
What is with respect?