Maidu

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/maidu

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the indigenous region?Central Sierra Nevada, Northern California, USA
2. What is the linguistic affiliation?Maiduan languages
3. Where did the Maidu people live?The Maidu lived in the central Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, around the Feather and American Rivers and the Humbug Valley.
4. What did the Maidu eat?They ate acorns that were leached to remove bitter tannins, plus gathered plants, roots, seeds, hunted game, and fish from the rivers.

Indigenous: Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
Ecological Stewardship: The responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices.
Cultural Revitalization: The process of strengthening and reviving a culture that has been diminished or suppressed.