Cahto Tribe

“There are approximately 370 million Indigenous people in the world, belonging to 5,000 different groups, in 90 countries worldwide.” (Johnson 2009) Indigenous people are just like anyone else, although many people do not know what Indigenous people have had to do to gain equal rights as everyone else. Within indigenous people, there are thousands of smaller groups within called “bands” or “tribes.” Each tribe is different from one another, tribes vary in location from North America, all the way to Australia. Tribes all have a chief to help control the tribe, although every tribe chief is different and have their own set of rules. The Cahto are one of the thousands different indigenous group is in this world. Cahto are specifically an indigenous …show more content…
Indigenous people, specifically the Cahto Indian tribe is run by democratically elected tribal council. The Cahto tribe has its own housing authority, tribal police and EPA office. The Cahto lived in pit houses which are partially underground, which made the houses appear smaller than they were. Being in a tribe within the Indigenous people, many others know of other tribes. With that said, tribes trade and engage with other tribes who are near. The Cahto would engage with many of the other tribes of Northern California. The Cahto tribe were hunter gatherers, they would take long trips to the coast for fish and shellfish. Although Cahto groups would not always travel away for food, because they had a primary food source near them. They would hunt, specifically for deer, rabbits, and quail to provide food for their people. The Cahto were very peaceful, but would battle with other tribes for territory or resources, although the tribes would have resolved the arguments quickly and return to being trading partners. Cahto engaged in many other tribes, but their closest allies were the Pomo, Yuki, and Wailaki