Native peoples of the Great Basin, the Plateau and California
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
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Great Basin nations
Nation (own name) Homeland Traditional ways of life Changes and hard history Today Washiw (Washoe) Lake Tahoe and all the lands around it, in Nevada and California harvesting pine nuts and living on pine nut flour through the winter; weaving baskets, some used for cooking settlers took over the land, and the Washiw had no reservation until 1917, when 156.33 acres near Carson City were bought; it became the Carson Indian Colony the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California welcomes visitors to its ancestral territory and asks them to help protect it Pyramid Lake Paiute Pyramid Lake, north of Reno, Nevada fishing for the cui-ui fish and the Lahontan cutthroat trout ? the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe protects the lake; a 2015 agreement put in place a settlement that secures the lake and the cui-ui Ute the mountains of Colorado and eastern Utah among the first Native peoples to use horses, from the Spanish; trading with the Spanish of New Mexico from about 1600 an 1868 treaty set a reservation of about the western third of Colorado; in 1881 the Tabeguache and White River Utes were removed to the Uintah Reservation in Utah three Ute nations govern today: the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Colorado, and the Ute Indian Tribe in Utah The cell marked ? is blank. Below the chart: Washiw means the people. Here, a colony is a small area of land held for a tribe. Irrigation means bringing water to fields to grow crops.
Bo's chart has a blank: what changed at Pyramid Lake?
- Derby Dam sent extra Truckee water into the lake each year
- A 2015 agreement secures the lake and the cui-ui
- Settlers filled the shore of Lake Tahoe
- Derby Dam sent river water away, and the lake fell
Kira's chart has a blank: what is true of the Ute today?
- Three Ute nations govern in Colorado and Utah
- The Washoe Tribe welcomes visitors to its land
- The Ute lived in the mountains, but they are gone
- Two bands were removed to Utah in 1881
Great Basin nations
Nation (own name) Homeland Traditional ways of life Changes and hard history Today Washiw (Washoe) Lake Tahoe and all the lands around it, in Nevada and California harvesting pine nuts and living on pine nut flour through the winter; weaving baskets, some used for cooking settlers took over the land, and the Washiw had no reservation until 1917, when 156.33 acres near Carson City were bought; it became the Carson Indian Colony the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California welcomes visitors to its ancestral territory and asks them to help protect it Pyramid Lake Paiute Pyramid Lake, north of Reno, Nevada fishing for the cui-ui fish and the Lahontan cutthroat trout Derby Dam, finished in 1905, sent 48 percent of the Truckee River's water away for irrigation, and the lake began to fall the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe protects the lake; a 2015 agreement put in place a settlement that secures the lake and the cui-ui Ute the mountains of Colorado and eastern Utah among the first Native peoples to use horses, from the Spanish; trading with the Spanish of New Mexico from about 1600 an 1868 treaty set a reservation of about the western third of Colorado; in 1881 the Tabeguache and White River Utes were removed to the Uintah Reservation in Utah three Ute nations govern today: the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Colorado, and the Ute Indian Tribe in Utah Below the chart: Washiw means the people. Here, a colony is a small area of land held for a tribe. Irrigation means bringing water to fields to grow crops.
Near which city is Pyramid Lake, by the chart, Jun asks?
- North of Reno, Nevada
- Near Salt Lake City, Utah
- South of Las Vegas, Nevada
- Near Carson City, at the colony
In what year was Derby Dam finished, Luz asks?
- 2015
- 1881
- 1905
- 1868
In 1881, where were the Tabeguache and White River Utes removed to, Milo asks?
- Indian Territory, far to the east
- The western third of Colorado
- The Uintah Reservation in Utah
- The pine nut hills east of Lake Tahoe
What is a colony, as the Washiw row uses the word, Noah asks?
- A share of the fish caught in the lake
- A treaty signed with the government in 1868
- A small area of land held for a tribe
- A basket woven for cooking fish and soup
The Washoe Tribe asks visitors to help protect its ancestral territory. What is that, Pia asks?
- The lake where the cui-ui fish live
- The land bought near Carson City in 1917
- A park run by the state of Nevada
- The land where the nation's ancestors lived
Which sentence about the Washiw fits the Today column, Tala asks?
- The Washoe Tribe welcomes visitors and asks them to protect the land
- The Washiw lived near Lake Tahoe long ago, before the nation was gone
- The Washiw own the whole Lake Tahoe shore today
- The Washiw govern the Uintah Reservation in Utah
Which sentence about the Pyramid Lake Paiute uses the right tense, Zee asks?
- They fished at Pyramid Lake until the people were gone
- They live at Pyramid Lake and protect the cui-ui
- They live at Lake Tahoe and harvest pine nuts
- They built Derby Dam to water their fields
Which sentence about the Ute fits the chart, Esme asks?
- Ute nations govern in Colorado and Utah today
- No Ute nation remains in Colorado today
- The Ute lived in the mountains long ago
- The Ute live on the shores of Pyramid Lake