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Lynda wrote:

> The population was permanent in the "idealic" areas, of which there were 
> many in Southern California.  Once upon a time there were forests with 
> year-round creeks, streams and rivers.  Once upon a time there were lovely 
> green valleys.
>
> The tribes whose permanent homes were in those areas were forced out into 
> the "white man doesn't want them" areas.

Okay, I wasn't aware of that...where exactly were/are those places in 
today's landscape?


> California's tribes weren't nomadic.  Some were semi-nomadic in that, such 
> as mine, we had more than one home for specific purposes all within a mile 
> or two of each other.  One didn't have a home in the flood plains during the 
> winter and spring and one didn't stay up in the hills where it would be 
> brown and dry during the summers but rather moved down to the coast/flood 
> plains for the summer and fall.


That's kinda what I meant by semi nomadic..they might have a mountain 
home and a valley home, etc. and they would move seasonally, which is of 
course a good way not to overuse and abuse natural resources.  The 
structures could be permanent structures, but they wouldn't live year 
around, year after year, in one place.


> >
> ***This wouldn't be true of California tribes.  At least not in how you are 
> thinking of nomadic, or even semi-nomadic. 

See above for my definition of semi-nomadic.

 Most tribes had a permanent
> home.  *Some* tribes were semi-nomadic but even those had actual permanent 
> homes.  Mine would be such a group.  The houses had four wood plank walls, 
> the equivalent of shake roofs.  One on high ground for winter/spring and one 
> down on the rivers/coast for summer/fall.  Usually only a mile or so apart.

You say "mine"...where was that group?  What group was/is it?




> Their culture wasn't eroded.  They were made slaves or simply killed. 

LOL, I would think that is the ultimate in culture erosion..lol


 Their
> culture was deliberately and systematically destroyed.  First by the 
> missionaries and then by the land grants (wholesale murder) and finally by 
> the boarding school system put into place by the U.S. government.

Yes, I have heard of the boarding school thing.

Bev
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