THEY THRIVED IN BARREN WASTELAND. THEY HUNTED DEER AND ELK AND DID A LOT OF TRADING. TRADING MISSIONS WERE USUALLY UNDERTAKEN BY HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS OR THEY MADE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TRIPS. THEY MIGHT TRADE ACORNS FOR DRIED FISH OR A SCARCE COMMODITY. THE KAMI INDIANS LIVED WEST OF THE COLORADO RIVER. THEY TRADED MESQUITE FOR ACORNS FOR DRIED FISH OR A SCARCE COMMODITY. THE KAMI INDIANS LIVED WEST OF THE COLORADO RIVER. THEY TRADED MESQUITE FOR ACORNS.
THE ATSEGEWI AND ACHOMAWI GOT SALT FROM THE YANA. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO FISH AND GATHER ACORNS AND HAD HARVESTING RIGHTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
WAR WASN'T A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE AND THEY WERE DEFENSIVE OF THEIR OAK GROVES, HUNTING AND FISHING LANDS. SOMETIMES THEY JUST HAD A FORMAL CONFRONTATION INSTEAD OF WAR.
KLAMATH INDIANS DID HAVE ATTACKS AND TOOK OTHER INDIANS FOR SLAVES. THEY HAD A CLASS OF WARRIORS. MARRIAGE BETWEEN THESE GROUPS WAS COMMON.
THE POMO GOT TOGETHER TO HAVE RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS SUCH AS WORLD RENEWAL CULTS INCLUDING MANY VILLAGES. THEY BUILT MANY TRAIL SYSTEMS FOR SEASONAL EXCHANGE.
THROUGHOUT TRADE THEY COULD USE MONEY SHELLS FOR EXCHANGE. THE SHELLS WERE BROKEN ROUNDED AND POLISHED AND DRILLED INTO BEADS AND STRUNG ON LEATHER THONGS.
SOME VILLAGES GOT TOGETHER TO FISH OR HUNT . WOMEN TAUGHT THE GIRLS AND MEN TAUGHT THE BOYS.
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