The document summarizes the tribes and way of life of the native people of the Great Basin region, including: - The main tribes were the Bannock, Chemehuevi, Kawaiisu, Mono, Paiute, Panamint, Shoshone, Washoe, and Ute tribes. - With poor soil, the tribes relied on hunting buffalo, elk, deer and gathering pinenuts, berries and seeds rather than farming. They sometimes ate insects and bugs due to lack of food. - The tribes wore leather and skins from hunted animals and used feathered war bonnets. They lived in portable tipis. - They practiced the religion of Peyot

1. The Great Basin
Eric Carrillo & Brendan Shuppert
Period 4

2.  Bannock Tribe
 Chemehuevi tribe
 Kawaiisu Tribe
 Mono Tribe
 Paiute Tribe
 Panamint Tribe A Shoshone family picture
 Shoshone Tribe
 Washoe Tribe
 Ute Tribe
The Ute Chief and his family

3. The people of the Great Basin ate: The tribes of the Great Basin didn’t often
• Buffalo farm because of the soil, so they relied on
• Elk hunting and finding food rather then
• Deer making it. They sometimes ate bugs and
• Crickets insects because of there lack of food.
• Grasshoppers
• Pinenuts
• Berries and seeds

4. The people of The Great Basin usually wore the skin
and leather of there kills. They also wore war
bonnets with feathers on top to represent there
superiority
A Ute tribe chief Women of a Shoshone A young Ute girl
family

5. The tribes of The Great Basin usually lived in Tipis
because of there small size, there weight, and the
portability of it.
It was usually made of wood and hides of animals.

6. The Great Basin people believed in Peyotism, it is the
honoring of a cactus fruit that is believed to be a spirit
helper. The shamans gave there patients this cactus as a
medicine.
A picture of the Peyote growing in A pot of peyote
the desert

7. The people of the Great Basin believed preforming this
dance reunited themselves with there dead ancestors and
there kills
A whole tribe holding hands in a circle to A man dressed as a eagles to
complete the Ghost Dance. represent bravery dancing in
the Ghost dance

8. The females would often make baskets and clothing, while the men
would paint the hide of there kills to represent a story.
A painted hide
representing a story Ute baskets
Clothing made of cloth

9. Sacajawea was a very famous Shashon
Indian. She served as a guide for Lewis and
Clark to help discover America. She had
only brung her baby on her famous journey
A sculpture of Sacajawea
made of bronze

10. 1. When Gold and Silver was found in
California and Nevada, the settlers
pushed the Ute tribe to near extinction.
2. The tribes of The Great Basin had so little
food sometimes they sometimes relied on
eating Crickets, Grasshoppers, ants, and
Caterpillars
3. The Ute people preformed the Bear Dance
to honor the Bears
4. Feathers were worn on war bonnets to
represent superiority.
5. Girls would often play with store bought
dolls with miniature Tipis.

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