Location and Climate

 The Yurok lived northwest on the coast by the shore of the Pacific Ocean and the Klamath River. The Pacific Ocean helps warm the land near the coast in the winter and cools it in the summer. The climate were the Yurok lived was often rainy.

Housing style

 The houses were built of redwood planks and logs with wedges. The Yurok houses were held by squared poles tied with grapevines. The walls are low and the doors are round holes, they are 2 feet in diameter and a few inches above ground level.  Inside the pit several feet dug out leaving a wide shelf around the room. Each village 7 has several sweathouses smaller than family houses dug inside about 4 feet below ground level. Each sweathouse had 7 sleeping places where men and boys slept.

Ceremonies and Rituals

 Most ceremonies began with an old man reciting a long memorized chant. The men displayed their most valued possessions at the dance. A small whistle was played during parts of the deerskin dance. The people displayed special deerskins and obsidian blades to show good luck has come to them. The jumping dance lasted 10 days.

Food

 The acorns were the main food. They fished for Salmon. There was plenty of deer to eat. They dug bulbs in the summer. They gathered seeds. They made salt by seaweed. They gathered root. They caught the deer with snares. They used nets and harpoons for fishing. Baskets carried a lot of things the basket were cone shaped and hung across the shoulder from a strap over the 4 head. Babies were carried in baskets. When there was a conflicted the weapons were bows and arrows. The Yurok men fished with spears.

Tools and Weapons

 The baskets were made by twinning. Decorations were done with strands of bear grass or fern stems, and red dye from alder bark. Baskets were for gathering, cooking and storing food.
The Yurok used deerskin to make there cloths. The young men folded deerskin around there hips. Old men adapted to wearing nothing. Women wore bark skirts. They often decorated their dresses with shells and beads. When the weather was cold, both men and women put a blanket of deerskin over their shoulders. People used moccasins made of deerskin on long walks. They made snowshoes from branches and grapevines to hunt. They wore buckskin leggings for warmth. Shirts were not necessary in their culture and both men and women wore ponchos and deerskin robes in cool or rainy weather.

Clothing

 The Yurok used deerskin to make there cloths. The young branches and grape vines to hunt. men folded deerskin around there hips. Older men adapted to wearing nothing. Women wore bark skirts. They often decorated their dresses with shells and beads. When the weather was cold, both men and women put a blanket of deerskin over their shoulder. People used moccasin made of deerskin on long walks. They made snowshoes from branches and grape vines to hunt. They wore buckskin legging for warmth. Shirts were not necessary in their cutler and both men and women wore ponchos and deerskin in cool or rainy.

By Alia, grade 4