CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE AMERICANS

I.   Ishi:  The Last "Wile Indian" in North America

II.  Native Americans in pre-Spanish California

A.  Why Study Them?
B.  How Many Were there?
C.  Who Were They?
D.  Language Diversity
E.  "Tribelets"
F.  Geographic Culture Areas
G.  Political Organization
        1.  Chiefs
        2.  Warfare

III.  Material Culture

A.  "Stone Age" Indians
B.  Homes
C.  Food
        1.  Sexual Division of Labor
                a.  sweathouse
                b.  basket making
        2.  Indian Diet
        3.  Shaping Their Environment
D.  Wealth

IV.  Social Culture

A.  Birth and Childhood
        1.  Acceptance of the World
        2.  Sexual Divisions in Adolescence
        3.  Puberty and Menstruation
B.  Family and Marriage
        1.  The Importance of Family
        2.  Bride Price
C.  Spirituality
        1.  Animism
        2.  Living in Balance
        3.  Dreams
        4.  Shamans
D.  Death
        1.  Burial and Cremation
        2.  mourning
        3.  (dis)remembrance

V.  Conclusion