NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIBES

THE HUPA, YUROK, SHASTA AND TOLAWA WERE FAIRLY DIVERSE YET ISOLATED.  THEY HAD PLENTY OF SALMON.  THEY HUNTED WITH WOODEN BOWS..  THE MODOC LIVED ON BARREN LEVELS OF CASCADES.  DID NOT HAVE MANY ACORNS OR SALMON  THEY CAPTURED DEER AND SMALL GAME ANIMALS BY DIGGING PITS.
3/5TH OF ALL CALIFORNIA  LIVED IN CENTRAL  CALIFORNIA.  HERE THEY GATHERED HUGE ACORNS., HUNTED, FISHED, AND GATHERED PLANTS.  MANZANITA BERRIES  WERE GATHERED FOR IMPORTANT FOODS.  THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIANS TENDED THEIR AREAS BY PLANTING SEEDS GATHERED FROM THE WILD.  THIS INCLUDED TOBACCO SPECIES THAT THEY HAD SMOKED IN SMALL QUANTITIES,  SHAMANS SMOKED IT AS A PAINKILLER.  

PLANTS WERE IMPORTANT FOR WEAVING BASKETS. THESE INCLUDED HEMP, MILKWEED, AGAVE, YUCCA, AND IRIS, REDBUD, DEER GRASS AND CATTAIL AND TULE..  NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIANS USED USED PLANT DYES AND POISON OAK FOR TATTOOS.  THEY HAD CEREMONIES.  THESE FOLKS LIVED AS WASTE NOT WANT NOT.  THEY DID NOT OVER FISH AND THEY GATHERED WHAT THEY NEEDED.  THEY WERE GOOD LAND MANAGERS.

C KEYWORTH.