Lesson 4 - Central Cultures

Today we learned about the tribes of the Central Region.  Now, this is a huge region so for now we are going to focus on our local tribe – the Ohlone.  I am using a book that I picked up at the library called “The Library of Native Americans ‘The Ohlone of California’” by Jack S Williams.  I like this book because it has plenty of pictures and interesting facts.  Some of the other books had a few facts and then jumped right into how the natives were mistreated.  While this is part of our history, it is not where I want the focus to be for us.  We will discuss it but our focus is going to be understanding how the natives lived and survived in our area and what their culture is like.  We are spending 2 days going through this book and finding interesting facts.  We will also be going on a field trip to learn about them too later this week.