About The Wappo Tribe

CEREMONIES!

The wappo tribe loved to dance. Musical instruments used with the dancing! They usally visited neighbors on feast days to dance and have a ceromonie. The wappo had a small ceremonie when girls became women. They did not celebrate when a boy became a man though.

Tools

axe!

TRADING!

The wappo had clamshell beads as money.

The clamshells were shaped and polished.

The wappo traded clamshells (Money) For more clamshells!

The tools they used were mussel shells were used as spoons. some other tools were axes and hammers made of stone or wood. One other tool was a slingshot. But there are some more tools!

CULTURE!

The native american tribes name 'Wappo' is an Americanized form of the Spanish word 'guapo' which means "'brave." The wappo warriors wore red black and white paint and also wore big bird feathers in their hair.

We got this information from... URL:http://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/wappo-tribe.htm

FOOD

The wappo tribe had a diet of acorns.

The wappo hunted deer,elk,fowl and some small game like rabbits and quail. They also ate fish, Buckeye nuts, Pepperwood nuts, Various greens, Roots, Bulbs, and Berries. Dry seaweed was used as seasoning.

Family And Friends

This Star represents where the wappo lived on the Caliornia map!

Settlements

The Wappo tribe is one of the four groups. The Wappo were seperated from others in their family by 40 miles. They were surrounded by others who spoke different languages. But the Wappo tribe were friends with their neighbors anyway.

CLOTHING

During the summer men wore breech cloth or went naked.

The women wore blouses and aprons that covered the front and back.

The women's dresses were down to the knee and were belted and frige.The kids wore shirts and pants. The girls wore dresses and skirts and shirts. The boys wore shirts or pants.

The villages were located in river and creek valleys just north of San Francisco Bay,also inland from the ocean. A few villages were on a stretch of the Russian and on elk creek that runs into the Russian river.

CLOTHING!

Both deerskins and tule rushes were used by the women to make their apron-like skirts. A narrow piece was worn in the front, with a wider piece covering the hips in the back. In warm weather, the men usally did not wear clothing, or they wore a piece of deerskin wrapped around the hips.

We got this infomation from...

URL:http://factcards.califa.org/cai/wappo.html

Kindness

The Wappo tribe were known as a kind tribe. The Wappo tribe were not greedy at all. They felt for a person to own somthing was rude to people in their tribe. So they shared everything.

Dwellings

The Wappo houses were oval shaped. They were formed with a framework of willow poles,each bent in forward towards the middle of the oval. That was forming some sort of shape like an upside-down basket. The floor was dug 2 feet below ground level. All familys had their own doorway and fireplace.Also all villages had 1 or 2 sweathouses.

QUIZ TIME!!!

• What games did the Wappo tribe play?

• What did the Wappo tribe eat?

• What was the Wappo tribe houses made of?

• What were the wappo tribe necklaces made of?

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The Wappo Tribe

CEREMONIES

By: Bella and Kate

INTERESTING FACTS!

The wappo

tribe became known

for the art of basket making.

Jewlery was made

with bones shells

and beads!