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Lassen Tour

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.

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Lassen Tour

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  1. Lassen Tour Historic and Pre-historic Environments

  2. Prehistoric Environments • Weaverville Area • Lassen Area • Shasta Area • Lava Beds Area

  3. Native Material Cultures • Shelters • Foods: Protein • Foods: Grains, Vegetables, & Fruits • Clothing & Accessories • Utilities

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

  5. Food: Protein • Fish --- Salmon, Steelhead, Eel, Trout • Deer • Waterfowl • Bear • Smaller Birds & Mammals --- Quail, Rabbit, Squirrel, etc.

  6. Food: Grains, Vegetables, & Fruit • Acorn • Pine nuts • Seeds • Fresh greens • Tuberous plants • Berries

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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

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