Cahuilla

= The Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe = By Anika and Sarah = =
 * Food


 * acorns, pine nuts, //screwbeans//
 * cactus, berries, roots, greens
 * rabbit, deer, antelopes, mountain sheep
 * fish, reptiles, fowl, rodents
 * drink of crushed green bean pods in water || Houses


 * poles slanted that are covered with brush
 * called a //sweathouse//
 * ceremonial houses were much bigger than regular ones
 * leaders' houses were bigger
 * round or //tepee// (slanted) style ||
 * Villages

mountains
 * spread out in the southern California desert
 * live in canyons and bottom of San Bernardino
 * had 50 villages aboriginally || Adaption to environment


 * wore blankets of rabbit hides when it was cold
 * stored //surplus// (extra) food in baskets ||
 * Use of resources

for shells in exchange for hides and obsidian
 * traded to the //Gabrielenos// and //Serranos//
 * meat was roasted, boiled, or sun-dried
 * women wore basket hats and mescal bark skirts
 * men wore //breechclouts//
 * babies wore //mesquite-bark// diapers
 * all wore sandals of //mescal// fibers || Interesting Facts

= = Cahuilla House
 * population was 10,000 in 17th century
 * population was 5,000 in late 18th century
 * refer to themselves as //Iviatim//
 * got diseases from the Spanish
 * appreciated //Wildcat// and //Coyote// ||