Lassen Tour Historic and Pre-historic Environments

Lassen Tour

Historic and Pre-historic Environments

Prehistoric Environments

Weaverville Area Lassen Area Shasta Area Lava Beds Area

Native Material Cultures

Shelters Foods: Protein Foods: Grains, Vegetables, & Fruits Clothing & Accessories Utilities

Shelters

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

Food: Protein

Fish --- Salmon, Steelhead, Eel, Trout Deer Waterfowl Bear Smaller Birds & Mammals --- Quail,

Rabbit, Squirrel, etc.

Food: Grains, Vegetables, & Fruit

Acorn Pine nuts Seeds Fresh greens Tuberous plants Berries

Clothing & Accessories

California Nudity Breach cloths and aprons Winter clothing Ceremonial clothing Accessories --- Facial

tattoos, necklaces, etc.

Utilities Basketry --- twining & coiling (cooking, eating,

storage, caps, gathering & burden) Hunting equipment --- bows, arrows, spears,

snares, nets Fishing equipment --- nets, harpoons,

lines&hooks Child carriers Cordage

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

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

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