Did you know about an indian tribe that lived in northern California?
The Shasta Native Americans lived in northern California and Oregon. At the top of the map in purple is where they lived. They were already there when a spanish explorer claimed the land for Spain in the mid-1500s.
They lived in cedar bark teepees and grass mat houses in the summer and winter pit houses in the winter. I made a winter pit house. The cedar bark teepees were semi-permanent shelters with very long strips of cedar bark covering a normal stick structure. Some different tribes called the cedar bark teepee the “kecha kachumat” or “pointed house”. The grass mat house was a dome shaped house usually made of willow poles bent into a dome frame thatched with grass mats made from the stems of tule (Southern Bulrush). The winter pit house is made of a wooden frame completely covered with earth. They slept on mats or rugs made of deer, elk, or bear coats. …show more content…
They crushed manzanita berries
They were very knowledgeable when it came to cooking their salmon. They smoked it, roasted it, or dried it for saving. The weapons they used consisted of bows and arrows or spears. Sometimes they poisoned an arrow with rattlesnake venom which was marked with a blue streak. They used these weapons to hunt animals for meat and skins. In the winter the men wore skins of buckskin (usually deer) and the women wore dresses made from deer, elk, or bear skin. In the warmer months the women wore blouses and deerskin skirts and the men did not wear much, even hunting naked sometimes! Their enemies were the neighboring indian tribes Wintun, Modoc, and Achomawi. You would go to war if one of the other tribes has killed or attacked one of your tribe mates to have
The Shasta Native Americans lived in northern California and Oregon. At the top of the map in purple is where they lived. They were already there when a spanish explorer claimed the land for Spain in the mid-1500s.
They lived in cedar bark teepees and grass mat houses in the summer and winter pit houses in the winter. I made a winter pit house. The cedar bark teepees were semi-permanent shelters with very long strips of cedar bark covering a normal stick structure. Some different tribes called the cedar bark teepee the “kecha kachumat” or “pointed house”. The grass mat house was a dome shaped house usually made of willow poles bent into a dome frame thatched with grass mats made from the stems of tule (Southern Bulrush). The winter pit house is made of a wooden frame completely covered with earth. They slept on mats or rugs made of deer, elk, or bear coats. …show more content…
They crushed manzanita berries
They were very knowledgeable when it came to cooking their salmon. They smoked it, roasted it, or dried it for saving. The weapons they used consisted of bows and arrows or spears. Sometimes they poisoned an arrow with rattlesnake venom which was marked with a blue streak. They used these weapons to hunt animals for meat and skins. In the winter the men wore skins of buckskin (usually deer) and the women wore dresses made from deer, elk, or bear skin. In the warmer months the women wore blouses and deerskin skirts and the men did not wear much, even hunting naked sometimes! Their enemies were the neighboring indian tribes Wintun, Modoc, and Achomawi. You would go to war if one of the other tribes has killed or attacked one of your tribe mates to have