SS Chapter 2

What is a powwow

• a festival where people preform and share drumming, dances and crafts

• a place where you go to have a dance

• a type of dance

• a form of money

In the past, what did California Indians use for their money?

• bow and arrows

• shell beads

• dollars

• rocks and sticks

How did the American Indians use the land around them to help them survive?

• used the weather to help them

• talk to each other to make a plan

• dress in grass skirts or feathers when it was colder weather

• used the ocean for food supply and wood to create and build things

What were the men responsible for and what were the women responsible for in the past? 

• Men were builders and women would take care of children

• Men were hunters and women did the gathering

• Men would protect the home and women would hunt

• Men would protect around the ocean and women would fish

What is a reservation?

• Where the men would go to hunt

• an area where only homes are built

• a river that is formed over time

• land set aside for American Indians by the US government

How many reservations are in California?

• Around 1000

• Around 7

• Around 50

• Around 100

What were the Yokut Indians homes made out of?

• sticks and trees

• mats made from grasses

• fur from animals hunted

• wood and metal

What are two types of traditional art forms still being created?

• fishing poles and grass skirts

• basket weaving and beaded jewelry

• grass homes and rock carving

• woven baskets and shell beads

What does a constitution do?

• Helps California Indians find food supply

• a building located in California

• Makes rules and list the rights and duties of the members

• Gives people a place to live

What is a mission?

• a time where hunters find their food supply

• adventure the Indians would take

• An area of land where they would trade items

• A settlement built around a church