Thursday, November 10, 2011

Social Studies Ch 3 Lesson 3: Trade & government

 Here are the notes for Monday's Quiz:

The economy of California Indians included trading, gift-giving, & sharing.

If Indians needed a resource that wasn't available in their area, they bartered with other Indians to get what they needed

Northern Coast had shells, fish, salt
Inland tribes animal skins & pine nuts

Most Indians bartered with members of their own or neighboring tribes

Gift Giving Ceremonies: if a tribe had extra food the leader would invite a neighboring tribe to a feast

Indians valued: foods, baskets, weapons, canoes, rocks & minerals *(for making tools)
Obsidian was used to make arrowheads
Ca Indians used shells & beads as money

Government
- tribes had different types of governments
- Northern Coast picked the richest man to be chief
- Indian chiefs mostly gave advice rather than laws
- women & men could be chiefs
- some tribes were lead by a group of elders

Serrano & Mojave tribes had family groups called clans
each had its own chief
chiefs could be replaced if they didn't do a good job
Mojave had war chiefs who lead them into battle

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