I. Introduction
1. The Yuki are from Northwestern California. The word Yuki originates from the wintu meaning foe or stranger. They did not call themselves that but rather their neighbors who believed they were warlike and dangerous (U of Chicago, 2003). They are from the yukian family. There were other Yukian speaking people but the Yuki were the more larger group united by the yukian language family. They resided in the Coast Range Mountains, including the area above the north fork which is part of the Eel River. They were grouped in tribilets and each of these tribilets had a headman and a tribilet chief. The chief would settle disputes and the headman would be the one to assign where the people went to gather food ( U of Chicago, 2003). …show more content…
The Athabascan culture is one I’d like to discuss next. The word Athabascan originated from the Lake in Canada named, Lake Athabasca (Mazaska, 2007). They had regional bands and they did not recognize anyone in the group larger than the regional band. They were divided into groups based on efficiency. They needed to know who could utilize the most resources. One person could belong to different groups in the same year. In the summertime, the regional bands were brought together because of the fish and how much there was to go around. They would also get together for the hunt of caribou. However, in the wintertime they would split up into groups called local bands. Each local band had its own territory to cover and focused on hunting only in that area. Most of these bands consisted of relatives either from the father or mother side of the family. They did have a matrilineal system where the kids belonged to the mother’s clan. They more commonly practiced monogamy (Mazaska, 2007). The houses they lived in, in the wintertime, were structures made of wood and then covered with birch bark. They then covered it in moss and dirt to help with insulation. The head of the household was usually someone who was a good hunter and he could take multiple families into his household. Sisters and brothers were usually the core of the group. The sister’s husband and her sibling would often become hunting partners forever. The social part comes from the brother. He trains and helps the children so they grow up to understand their culture and responsibilities. The warfare was mainly between the neighboring cultures like the Eskimo (Mazaska, 2007). They would raid each other’s habitats until eventually it would become a war. The other group would then feel the need to retaliate. One of the main reasons for this warfare was for revenge. If someone from their group or clan were to get murdered, they would then feel the need to avenge that person’s death, resulting in more chaos. They