Native American Cahuilla Tribe

Where did the Cahuilla Tribe live?

• Northern New Mexico

• Southern California

• Eastern Oregon

• Southern Florida

Plants provided food, clothing, shelter, and medicine for the Cahuilla tribe.

• True

• False

Tribe members took little care and were wasteful when using the plants and animals around them.

• True

• False

The _______________was one of the main foods of the Cahuilla tribe.

• sunflower seed

• acorn

• melon

Half of the tribe would camp out for weeks at the collecting area during what time?

• winter

• harvest

• migration

• summer

They lived in circular homes called ____________________________

• teepee made out of buckskin

• pueblos made out of clay

• kish made out of sticks and plants

The tools Cahuilla men used for hunting were

• bow and arrows

• nets

• throwing sticks

• all of the above

Cahuilla tribe made most of their clothing out of _____________.

• cotton

• buckskin

• silk

• fur

The Cahuilla believed in supernatural powers of special members of their tribe called ________________.

• shamans

• ono

• birds

• minister

The Cahuilla tribe had ceremonies centered around the sacred __________________.

• hot springs

• sun

• Colorado River

• coyote