USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In central California some Indians built their homes partly underground. Desert peoples made temporary brush homes as they traveled in search of food. In northern California some Indians built houses of redwood cedar planks, like the neighboring Northwest Coast Indians did.

Detailed explanation-2: -They used animal skins (deerskin) as clothing. Shelter was made from the material around them (saplings, leaves, small branches, animal fur). Native peoples of the past farmed, hunted, and fished. They used natural resources such as rock, twine, bark, and oyster shell to farm, hunt, and fish.

Detailed explanation-3: -I. Different native societies adapted to and transformed their environments through innovations in agriculture, resource use, and social structure.

Detailed explanation-4: -The mountain-dwelling Miwok (MEE-wuk) made cone-shaped bark houses, and the Maidu (MY-doo), who lived in valleys, created round lodges from earth. In the south, the Chumash (CHOO-mash) built circular frames using wooden poles, covering the structures with grass and marsh plants.