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paiute Location
By Gregory

The Paiutes were located on the eastside of Californa. They were spread out from the Oregon border all the way to the Souther California border to Arizona.

Way of Life
By Marissa

The Piutes were hunters, fishers, farmers, and gatherers. They hunted rabbit and would make rabbit stew. The gatherers gathered pinenuts, acorns, berries, seeds, wild rice, plants, fruit, water cress, and wild onions. The fishers fished fish.The Paiutes made jerky out of meat, mainly rabbit. The acorns were used for acorn mush. Pinenuts were used for pinenut flour. They also made flat bread from pinenut flour. Flat bread is like fry bread people use on Indian Tacos made today only thinner. The Piutes made baskets, pottery,and weapons. tule, willo, birch, sageroot, and brackenfern were used to make baskets. Clay was used for pottery. Hammer stone, grinding stone, and arrowheads were used for weapons. The Piutes would trade pelts, pinenuts, salt,and basalt to other tribes.The other tribes traded shellbeads and shells to the Piutes because the Piutes could not get shellbeads and shells were they lived. The Piutes walked until horses came to Inyo County. They would walk to the other side of the Sierra Nevada. Harmie Jefferson was the first Native American in Inyo County to ride a horse. Piute men hunted animals of all sizes. They assited the men hunting. The woman and girls helped prepare the pinenut mash.

Villages
By Marissa
Piute families lived in huts called tonis. They would use tule and willow to make the huts. They would make a willow frame and weave tule over it. Piute villages were usally small but there were some large ones. The largest village had 400 people in it. The scientific name of the village was Inyo 30. The village was placed at Lubken Canyon. The smallest villages fit one to two families.

Culture
by Emilio
Beliefs
The Paiute belived in a superior being. They sang songs that were like prayers. They had ceremonies for birth, death, springtime, harvest, hunting, and rain, The word Paiute means a dwelling of great spirt.
Games
They played hoop and pole. You would have a wheel out of willow and a arrow. If you made the arrow in the little wheel, it would be a point.They had hand games where they hid a bone and other people tried to guess where the bone was.

Interesting Information
They used red paint to scare the rattlesnakes away. They also used red paint for good luck. After the Spanish came, Harmey Jefferson, great-great-grandfather of Gregory Greene, was the firsr Native American to ride a horse into the OwensValley.

Legacies
By Gregory

The Paiute left many legacies for the State of California. There are trails in the Sierras, along with the Paiute Golden Trout. There are many legends and stories. The Coso Hot Springs were used for healing purposes. Petroglyphs and pictographs were also left from the Paiute.

Similarities and Differences
One way the Paiute Indians are like other tribes is that
they all played hoop and pole and hand games. Another way is that all California Indians were thankful for their surroundings.
One way the Paiute and the Chumash were different
is that the Paiute didn't belive that there were three worlds, but the Chumash did Anotherway is that the Chumash played shinny, but the Paiute didn't.

Bracelet and Necklace made by Gregory
The Paiutes made bracelets. The bracelet has hishi, trade beads, ovealla on it. The Paiutes strung with sinew onto leather. Leather is from deer and has not been tanned. To make the ovealla shorter, the Paiutes rubbed the ovealla on a little grinding stone. They used obsidian and chert to help them open the hole on the top of the ovealla and to cut the leather. Hishi is ovealla but hishi got ground for a long time. The hishi is flatter and rounder.

The Paiutes made necklaces. The necklace has white heart trade beads, hishi, ovealla and cobalt blue trade beads on elk hide. The Paiutes would trade pine nuts, rabbit skins, salt and obsidian for needles, thread and beads.

HOME Chumash 1 Chumash 2 Chumash 3 Chumash 4 Maidu Mojave Paiute Yurok		Location By Gregory The Paiutes were located on the eastside of Californa. They were spread out from the Oregon border all the way to the Souther California border to Arizona.
	Way of Life By Marissa The Piutes were hunters, fishers, farmers, and gatherers. They hunted rabbit and would make rabbit stew. The gatherers gathered pinenuts, acorns, berries, seeds, wild rice, plants, fruit, water cress, and wild onions. The fishers fished fish.The Paiutes made jerky out of meat, mainly rabbit. The acorns were used for acorn mush. Pinenuts were used for pinenut flour. They also made flat bread from pinenut flour. Flat bread is like fry bread people use on Indian Tacos made today only thinner. The Piutes made baskets, pottery,and weapons. tule, willo, birch, sageroot, and brackenfern were used to make baskets. Clay was used for pottery. Hammer stone, grinding stone, and arrowheads were used for weapons. The Piutes would trade pelts, pinenuts, salt,and basalt to other tribes.The other tribes traded shellbeads and shells to the Piutes because the Piutes could not get shellbeads and shells were they lived. The Piutes walked until horses came to Inyo County. They would walk to the other side of the Sierra Nevada. Harmie Jefferson was the first Native American in Inyo County to ride a horse. Piute men hunted animals of all sizes. They assited the men hunting. The woman and girls helped prepare the pinenut mash.
		Villages By Marissa Piute families lived in huts called tonis. They would use tule and willow to make the huts. They would make a willow frame and weave tule over it. Piute villages were usally small but there were some large ones. The largest village had 400 people in it. The scientific name of the village was Inyo 30. The village was placed at Lubken Canyon. The smallest villages fit one to two families.
	Culture by Emilio Beliefs The Paiute belived in a superior being. They sang songs that were like prayers. They had ceremonies for birth, death, springtime, harvest, hunting, and rain, The word Paiute means a dwelling of great spirt. Games They played hoop and pole. You would have a wheel out of willow and a arrow. If you made the arrow in the little wheel, it would be a point.They had hand games where they hid a bone and other people tried to guess where the bone was. Interesting Information They used red paint to scare the rattlesnakes away. They also used red paint for good luck. After the Spanish came, Harmey Jefferson, great-great-grandfather of Gregory Greene, was the firsr Native American to ride a horse into the OwensValley.
	Legacies By Gregory The Paiute left many legacies for the State of California. There are trails in the Sierras, along with the Paiute Golden Trout. There are many legends and stories. The Coso Hot Springs were used for healing purposes. Petroglyphs and pictographs were also left from the Paiute.
	Similarities and Differences One way the Paiute Indians are like other tribes is that they all played hoop and pole and hand games. Another way is that all California Indians were thankful for their surroundings. One way the Paiute and the Chumash were different is that the Paiute didn't belive that there were three worlds, but the Chumash did Anotherway is that the Chumash played shinny, but the Paiute didn't.
		Bracelet and Necklace made by Gregory The Paiutes made bracelets. The bracelet has hishi, trade beads, ovealla on it. The Paiutes strung with sinew onto leather. Leather is from deer and has not been tanned. To make the ovealla shorter, the Paiutes rubbed the ovealla on a little grinding stone. They used obsidian and chert to help them open the hole on the top of the ovealla and to cut the leather. Hishi is ovealla but hishi got ground for a long time. The hishi is flatter and rounder. The Paiutes made necklaces. The necklace has white heart trade beads, hishi, ovealla and cobalt blue trade beads on elk hide. The Paiutes would trade pine nuts, rabbit skins, salt and obsidian for needles, thread and beads.