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Explore the traditional lives of native Americans.

BIO Classroom provides free educational materials designed to encourage the use of biography in the classroom and help students explore the lives of those who have made an impact on our world.

Simple facts about the Mojave Indians

Information about the Mohave's religion etc.

Alphabetical list of the many American Indian tribes. Click on the tribe your interested in learning more about for even more resources.

"The Far West was a land of great diversity. Death Valley and Mount Whitney are the highest and lowest points in the United States. They are within sight of each other. Tribes living in what would become California were as different as their landscape."

"The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Anthropology Department"

"The Chumash Indian homeland lies along the coast of California, between Malibu and Paso Robles, as well as on the Northern Channel Islands. Before the Mission Period, the Chumash lived in 150 independent villages with a total population of about 18,000 people. In different parts of the region, people spoke different but related languages. "

"While there were many different Indians in California at the time of the missions; the Chumash were the most widespread. They numbered in the tens of thousands and their territory spread from present-day Malibu to present-day southern Monterey County. To the east they extended all the way to the Carrizo Plain of present-day Kern County. To the west, the Chumash territory spread to the coast and further, out to the Channel Islands, west of today's Santa Barbara. Their land comprised 7,000+ square miles. [Note: The large territory the Chumash occupied was largely defined by the Spanish. In fact, that territory encompassed approximately six different, but similar, groups with six different language.]"

"Our people once numbered in the tens of thousands and lived along the coast of California. At one time, our territory encompassed 7,000 square miles that spanned from the beaches of Malibu to Paso Robles. The tribe also inhabited inland to the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley."

"Within the Chumash nation, there were northern, southern, and central peoples, who resided along the coasts, on the islands, in the mountains and valleys, and by the rivers. "

"Miwok Indian Baskets"

General information about the Mojave.

Basic information but a long list of resources at the bottom of this page.

"This conflict resulted from forces common to all Indian wars: the encroachment of whites upon traditional Indian land until the aboriginal way of life was threatened with extinction."

"Native Americans Native Americans were the first people to live in North America. Learn about the varied cultures and history of the original Americans. "

Learn about the Yurok language.