Yokut Indians

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Yokut Indians

• By Charlotte A. Potes

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.