Lassen Tour

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Lassen Tour

• Historic and Pre-historic Environments

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Prehistoric Environments

• Weaverville Area
• Lassen Area
• Shasta Area
• Lava Beds Area

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Native Material Cultures

• Shelters
• Foods Protein
• Foods Grains, Vegetables, Fruits
• Clothing Accessories
• Utilities

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Shelters

• Bark conical shelters
• Semi-subterranean dirt shelters
• Dome-shaped brush shelters
• Plank houses
• Sweat lodges

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Food Protein

• Fish --- Salmon, Steelhead, Eel, Trout
• Deer
• Waterfowl
• Bear
• Smaller Birds Mammals --- Quail, Rabbit,
  Squirrel, etc.

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Food Grains, Vegetables, Fruit

• Acorn
• Pine nuts
• Seeds
• Fresh greens
• Tuberous plants
• Berries

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Clothing Accessories

• California Nudity
• Breach cloths and aprons
• Winter clothing
• Ceremonial clothing
• Accessories --- Facial
• tattoos, necklaces, etc.

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Utilities

• Basketry --- twining coiling (cooking, eating,
  storage, caps, gathering burden)
• Hunting equipment --- bows, arrows, spears,
  snares, nets
• Fishing equipment --- nets, harpoons, lineshooks
• Child carriers
• Cordage

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Native Political Social Culture

• Political Hierarchy --- Head Man
• Spiritual Hierarchy --- Priests and Shamans
• Marriage and Family Customs
• Rituals --- First Fruits, World Renewal,
  Coming-of-Age
• World Views and Origin Concepts
• Storytelling Traditions

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Historic Events Environments

• Relative lateness of American and European
  Intervention
• Trapping Hunting early 1800s
• Mineral Exploitation middle 1800s
• Ranching, Farming, Forestry middle-to-late
  1800s
• Impact on Native Communities

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Impact of Historic Intervention

• Disease --- Lack of Immunity
• Loss of Habitat Resources --- Starvation vs
  Cultural Adaptation
• Armed Conflict --- Movements Aiming at Removal or
  Extermination
• Different Positions of Federal and State
  Governments