Cahto Tribe

Cahto Tribe

  • 300 Cahto Dr
  • Laytonville, California
  • 95454

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Description

Like other California Indians, the Cahto people were hunters and gatherers. They gathered the plentiful nuts, seeds, berries, roots, bulbs, and tubers. Deer, rabbits, quail, and fish provided additional food for their people. A nomadic culture, they travelled where the food was plentiful, taking yearly treks to the Mendocino coast, for instance, to harvest seaweed and fish. The Big Head Cult movement of 1870, also known as the "Ghost Dance", came to the Cahto people from the Pomo of Willits through Sherwood (see map). The movement seems to have begun with the Pomo of the coast, near Point Arena (see map). The Cahto brought the movement north to the Wailaki on the North Fork of the Eel River and to the Round Valley Yuki (see map). The movement consisted of about four nights of dancing with detailed regalia and headgear.

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