Spirit
Society as a whole changed for the Klamath/Modoc people after this era
What is the 1800s
This kind of marker would be present in front of a Shamans lodge
A painted pole
This image is something a Modoc shaman has outside their home
A carved image of a dwarf/boy
This time of the year is a highly spiritual time for these tribes
Midwinter months
This time of a person's life is the time to seek power and spiritual contact
what is adolescence and later adulthood?
This small scalp was used in shaman costumes for the California area
woodpecker scalps
Before contact this was the tribes most wealthy and important person
What is a Shaman
Food will be shared with the spirits, and this spirit is the first to be fed, nothing can be done until this spirit has eaten
The Frog spirit
this ability is something that the shamans do in most tribal beliefs
prediction of events/weather control. most have specific abilities