- Fact 2 - The Chilula tribe
originally inhabited the area on or near lower Redwood Creek and
consisted of 18 villages but merged with the Hoopa (aka Hupa)
tribe
- Fact 3 - The Cocopah tribe live in
Baja California and Sonora, Mexico and in Arizona. Their name
means "Those Who Live on the River." The Cocopah sometimes wear
traditional grass skirts.
- Fact 4 - The Hoopa (aka Hupa) tribe
inhabited the area from the South Fork of the Trinity River to
Hoopa Valley, to the Klamath River. They traditionally lived in
Plankhouses.
- Fact 5 - The Juaneno tribe lived by
large creeks. They received their Spanish name from the priests
of the California mission chain from their close proximity to
Mission San Juan Capistrano. They are now called the Juaneno
Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation
- Fact 6 - The Karok tribe: Their
name means "upriver people" or "upstream" people as they have
always resided in villages along the Klamath River. The Karuk
were the only California tribe to grow tobacco plants
- Fact 7 - The Kato tribe lived
in Cahto Valley, Long Valley and near Eel River. Kato is a Pomo
word, meaning "lake". The Kato were known as ferocious warriors
- Fact 8 - The Konkow tribe or
Northwestern Maidu tribe were were hunters and gatherers. They
lived below the high Sierra and in the Sacramento Valley. Highly
skilled basket makers creating goods from thimble-sized to those
more than 10 feet in diameter
- Fact 9 - The Miwok tribe living in
the central Sierra Nevada in California
- Fact 10 - The Modoc tribe
cultivated the the California Black Oak forests, exploiting the
use of acorns
- Fact 11 - The Pomo tribe lived in
Northern California. Their name means "those who live at red
earth hole". They relied upon fishing, hunting and gathering for
their food.
- Fact 12 - The
Shoshoni
tribe aka Shoshone lived in many locations including
California. The Shoshoni were a tribe of nomadic hunters.
- Fact 13 - The Wintu tribe lived
primarily on the western side of the northern part of the
Sacramento Valley and suffered considerable hardship from white
settlers
- Fact 14 - The Wiyot tribe lived in
the areas from from Mad River through Humboldt Bay, the home of
the ancient redwood trees
- Fact 15 - Border States: Arizona
Nevada Oregon
- Fact 16 - Origin of state's name:
Named by Spanish after Califia, a mythical paradise in a Spanish
romance
- Fact 17 - Features of the area: Long
mountainous coastline, central valley, Sierra Nevada on the
east, southern desert basins, rugged mountains in the north.
- Fact 18 - Clothes: The warm climate
allowed them to wear few clothes but in the cold weather cloaks
were made of weaved bark or animal skins
- Fact 19 - All the California
Indians were basket makers
- Fact 20 - Ceremonies: They
celebrated the Acorn Harvest in which they thanked the gods
- Fact 21 - Peace Pipes: Peace pipes,
aka calumet, were highly decorated ceremonial pipes consisting
of a tube with a small bowl at one end and used for smoking
tobacco. Peace pipes were used in various ceremonies
including war councils.
- Fact 22 - Papoose: A papoose (taken
from the Algonquian papoos, meaning "child") is used to describe
"a Native American Indian child" regardless of tribe. However, a
papoose is the word also used for Cradle boards and other child
carriers, which were made by the skilled weavers and basket
makers, the native Indians of California
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