Far West

Mono Indians

Geography

• They live north of the San Joaquin River
• In the San Joaquin Valley
• By the town North Folk in California
• This is how they became known as the
• North Folk Band or North Folk Mono

Substance

• The men would hunt and Women and children would gather
• gooseberries, seeds, mushrooms, beetles, acorns,
• and pine nuts. Which were all vital to the Mono's diet
• Men would hunt Deer, fish, and small game
• Each family had it's own gathering place 

Shelter

• Some shelters were thatch covered and oval shape
• Others were bark house
• Each village had a sweat house which was like a sauna 
• To create steam rocks were heated until white hot
• water was poured on top of them

Social Organization

• Children inherit their fathers totem
• Animals represent each family linage, whom all have a job
• Those of eagle linage are chief, there is no hierarchy
• Chief acts as a adviser & sees that every has food and shelter

Shared Beliefs

• Mono believe that totemic spirits harness supernatural powers
• Shaman were believed to act as priest and had dream helper
• Mono's celebrated 3 ceremonies, Rattlesnake Ritual, Bear Dance,
• and the annual Morning Ceremony. 
• These were held in the Spring for Rattlesnake, and Fall

Makah

Geography

• Their lifestyles revolved around land and water
• Their northern border was the Strait of Juan de Fuca
• Their western border was the Pacific Ocean
• They were located in present-day Neah Bay, Washington

Subsistence

• Because they were surrounded water they mainly ate fish and marine animals
• There was a variety of fish caught year round, but halibut was a regular
• They'd dry or smoke it to save for winter
• They'd also take seal blubber and render it to oil to eat with meals

Shelter

• They had five permanent villages: Waatch, Sooes, Deah,
• Ozette, and Bahaada
• Each village would have many longhouses made of cedar wood

Social Organization

• By the early 1800s they hadtwo to four thousand Makah

Shared Beliefs

• They preformed whaling
• Where they prepared to hunt whales physically
• and spiritually and then give them up as offerings

Spokane Indians

Spokane Indians

Spokane Indians

Where and When

• Northeastern part of Washington
• No specific dates of origin
• But non existent when there land
• was turned into a campground/reserve
• in 1890

Geography

• they lived in a flat plain
• that was surounded by lush forest
• and rivers for hunting
• and gathering

Bannock

Geography

• The Bannock Indians occupied territory that is now western Wyoming
• and Southeast Idaho
• There land was cold and snowy
• The traditional lands pf the Shoshone and Bannock people were vast and 
• encompassed areas  that extended into what is now Canada, and Mexico 

Social Organization

• There chief's name was Buffalo Horn
• Buffalo Horn and a war party of 60 warriors were attacked by American  
• volunteer troops. 
• The war was in 1878
• After his death the war party went to Oregon

Subsistence & Shelter

• During late Spring and Summer they would travel to fisheries for salmon
• During midsummer and fall they would hunt for buffalo
• and other game animals
• They lived in Teepees 

Nez Perce

Food resources

• They were fishing and hunting people
• The mostly gather fish
• Sometimes caught Deer and Elk

Nez Perce Geography

• Current Day 
• Washington
• Idaho 
• Oregon 

Houses

• They lived in "Earth houses"
• Later on used Tipis
• They dug undergrounds

Goverment

• They live on a resorvation
• It means that they control there own group 
• They still have to obey american law
• They are ruled by a council

Religion

• It doesn't say much about there religion
• But i found they had ceromonies
• Idols and myths

The End