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Title: Yokut Indians


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Yokut Indians
  • By Charlotte A. Potes

2
House/Location
  • The Yokuts lived in San Joaquin Valley and the
    eastern foothills.
  • Houses had dome shaped houses with wooden poles
    covered in tule mats.
  • About 300 people lived in the tribe or small
    groups of tribes.

3
Clothing
  • Women wore skirts made of tule and wore woven
    baskets strapped to their heads.
  • Men wore deer skin around their waist or on hot
    days wore nothing.
  • On cold days they wore robes made out of hen or
    rabbit skins

4
Food
  • The Yokuts fished salmon, trout, and many other
    types of fish.
  • They also hunted pigeons, quail, rabbits
    squirrels, and dogs.
  • The Yokut were the only tribe to eat dogs.
  • They ground seeds, roots, and acorns into flour
    and made into a mush.

5
Tools/Trade
  • Indians made tule reeds into baskets, mats, and
    cradles.
  • They traded for obsidian to make arrowheads and
    knives.
  • They used bows and arrows for hunting.
  • Some parts of the bow had sinew.
  • Sinew was animals tendons.

6
Tools/Trade Continued
  • Most arrows had bird feathers on them.
  • They made canoes bundles of tule tied together.
  • The Native Americans traded to get seashells,
    they strung into necklaces and called Keha.
  • Keha was money.

7
Fun Facts
  • Each Native American inherited an animal
    connection.
  • They always respected that animal and never
    harmed it.
  • The headmans was usually an eagle and the
    messengers was a dove.
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