z7+Far+West

** //The Far West// **
__**Tribes:**__ By: Rebekah Long
 * California tribes included the Pomo and Maidu
 * The Great Basin tribes included Tubatulabal, Paiute, southern Shoshone and western Ute
 * The plateau included the Bannock, Coliville, Umatilla, Flathead, Kutenai, and Yakama

__**Activities:**__ By: Victoria Robinson __**Food:**__ By: Rebekah Long __**Religion**__ By: Jenna Rees
 * **http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h969.html**
 * crafted baskets in all of indigenous America
 * baskets for cooking meals
 * wove
 * artistically advanced group
 * told legends
 * more than 100 flourished
 * everyone pretty much gathered seeds and other things
 * Dancing
 * **http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h969.html**
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 * **http://api.ning.com/files/RawrRHq9iWf3-HDi22P0wFa2z7d2TLVXJ*fn5*75ztoVAxcT4Vq8uqeoaavsunq-*-9IBlFG6ioIgpDqGhi*kLc5EujY4CFG/native_ceremonial_eagle_dancer.jpg**
 * hunted fish and sea mammals by boat
 * ate acorns and washed the bitter taste down with water
 * hunted antelopes and deer on land and rabbits were found in the sagebrush
 * broiled or roasted grasshoppers
 * hunted ducks, mud hens, and camas (edible bulbs) in the plateau
 * **http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h969.html**
 * worshiped and respected the land and nonhuman life
 * had daily rituals
 * young men endured in torture to help the return of buffalo and the wealth of people


 * http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2536601257.html**

__**Housing:**__ By:Victoria Robinson
 * over 2,000 dwellings in groups
 * houses were round frames covered with grass
 * they had skylight roofs
 * beds had skin-covered frames
 * dwellings were temporary
 * shelters were made from poles into a beehive shape
 * no skins for shelters so they used grass
 * heaped earth in over house in the winter
 * had partial privacy




 * **http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h969.html**
 * **http://home.comcast.net/~DiazStudents/NativeAmericansHouses.jpg**

__**Famous Native Americans:**__ By: Jenna Rees
 * Wovoka-"The Ghost Dance Prophet"
 * Chief Winnemucca
 * Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins
 * Captain Truckee
 * http://nevada-history.org/indians.html

__Clothing:__**


 * Men wore buffalo robes with leather tunic and loincloth
 * on special occasions they wore clothing decorated with porcupine quills,beads and fur
 * Women wore long dresses with fringes scalloping at the hem
 * both men and women wore moccasins and leggings
 * Both wore braided hair



By: Jenna Rees
 * http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2536601257.html**

__**Trading**__

By: Rebekah Long
 * Trading was common in all three regions
 * The California tribes used shells as currency
 * Purchased dried food and bartered for other items




 * http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h969.html**
 * http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/blueprint/trade.jpg**

__**Interesting Facts**__
 * water and food was hard to find
 * over 85 major groups
 * tribes lived until the 1850's
 * had annual salmon runs
 * It existed where the Great Basin, California,Plateau
 * had horses and bison's
 * area to dry for farming

By: Victoria Robinson


 * http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h969.html

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