Yokuts
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Description of Ancestral Lands
Description of Ancestral Lands
The Yokut tribe lived in what is now San Joaquin Valley San Joaquin has rolling hills San Joaquin Valley also has lots of dry grass. It has only a couple of trees and bushes. Yokut land's biome is shrublands The longitude and latitude is 36.74028; 119.24667
Description of People
Description of People
Celebrations
Yokuts performed a ritual. It lasted a few days. It was for people in their tribe that passed away. They would bury them with their things . Like a doll they loved. They were lead by the tribes person who take care of the dead.
Jobs
One common job for a Yokut man was hunting. They would hunt for food. they would hunt things like rabbits and deers. they used meat for food. and used the bones for weapons. The women in the tribe gathered supplies. They also cared for the children.And the woman's made baskets out of sticks and hey.
Legends & Stories
Legends & Stories
Researched and written by: Jaylene
Eagle
🦅
Crow
🐦⬛
Duck
🦆
Here is one Yokut story/creation myth that I will be sharing with you. Enjoy!
Firstly, the world starts with a harsh flood. Because of this flood the world filled up with may seas. Eagle and Crow were flying. They were trying to look for land and food. They found a tree trunk sticking out of the water, they settled. For many days Eagle and Crow would fly in different places. They did this in search of bigger land. They didn't have any luck so far.
Secondly, on one day, they found a nearby Duck. The Duck was gathering fish and mud from the bottom of the sea. Eagle and Crow noticed they could bribe the Duck. They would give the Duck fish and the Duck would give them mud. They would stack and pile the mud until a larger land was made. The Duck agreed and started bringing up the mud.
Next, Eagle and crow agreed to split the new world they were creating equally. Secretly, the Crow gave himself extra mud when the Eagle was searching for more land. The Eagle found out and gave himself two times the mud that Crow had.
Suddenly, a big storm hit. Because of this, part of of the world washed out to sea. But, the Duck, Crow, and Eagle kept on working.
When the Sun hardened the mud, the Eagle ended up having a bigger part of the new world. Eagle's part of the world is the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Crow's part is the Coast Mountain Range.
Current Events
Current Events
In the USA there are about 2,000 yokuts today in the U.S.A. and in California
san joaquin valley and the western foothills on Sarah Nevada south of the Fresno river.
Below u can see the current borders of the yokut reservations in the U.S.A. ( sorry it is blurry )
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