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 Native Americans of California
Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Use the links on our "California Indians" Page to find the answers to these questions. You can also use "Google" to help in your search. If you have trouble finding the answers to a question, move on to the next. Try to complete as many answers as you can. After you have gone through the list, go back and try to find the missing information. Good luck, Hunters! 

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I. Chumash
  • What did the Chumash call their boats?
  • How were they made?
  • What could the Chumash boats do that the boats of other Native Americans could not?
  • What is the meaning of the name "Chumash"?
  • What were the houses of the Chumash called?
  • Where did the Chumash live?
  • What products did they use to trade for products from other tribes?
  • What products did the Chumash want from other tribes?
  • What kind of government did the Chumash have?
  • What games did the Chumash play?

 

II. Miwok
  • Where did the Miwok live?
  • What were their main kinds of food?
  • What kind of clothing did they wear?
  • What did their houses look like?
  • What language did they speak? List at least three Miwok words and give their English translations.

 

 

 

  • What did the Miwok use to trade for products from other tribes?

 

  • What games did the Miwok play?

 

 

III. Maidu
  • Where did the Maidu live?
  • What were their main foods?
  • What kind of clothing did they wear?
  • Describe their homes or shelters.
  • What did the Maidu have that they used to trade for products from other tribes?
  • What games did the Maidu play?

 

IV. Mojave
  1. Where did the Mojave live?
  • What kinds of food did they have that other California Indians did not have?
  • What language did the Mojave speak?
  • What does the word "Mojave" mean?
  • What did the homes of the Mojave look like?
  • What did the Mojave have that they used for trade with other California Indians?

 

V. Yurok
  1. Where did the Yurok live?
  • What did their houses look like?
  • What were their main foods?
  • What language did they speak?
  • What did they use for trade?
  • What products did they want from other tribes?