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Pomo baskets made by Pomo Indian women of Northern California are recognized worldwide for their exquisite appearance, range of technique, fineness of weave, and diversity of form and use. While women mostly made baskets for cooking, storing food, and religious ceremonies, Pomo men also made baskets for fishing weirs, bird traps, and baby baskets.
A post office operated at Pomo from 1870 to 1871, from 1872 to 1881, and from 1882 to 1911. [2] A store opened at Pomo in 1874. [6] Circa 1875, there was a school with 34 enrolled students, as well as a Pomo Grange with 75 members and a Templars lodge that met weekly at "the Hall". [7] There was a monthly church meeting at Pomo in the 1880s. [6]
The Pomo people practiced shamanism, [8] one of its forms taking place as the Kuksu religion, practiced by the Pomo throughout Central and Northern California. The most common and traditional Pomo religion was involving the Kuksu cult which was a set of beliefs as well as practices ranging from dances and rituals where they would dress in their ...
The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo Indians in Lake County, California. [1] The tribe's reservation, the Upper Lake Rancheria , is 119 acres (0.48 km 2 ) large and located near the town of Upper Lake in northwestern California .
The Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo Indians in California. The tribe's reservation, the Sherwood Valley Rancheria, is located in Mendocino County, near Willits, California, on Highway 101. It is 356 acres (1.44 km 2) large. The lands on the reservation are called the old and new ...
The town of Kelseyville bills itself as one of Northern California's best-kept secrets — an idyllic wine country community that overlooks the state's largest freshwater lake, as well as a 4,305 ...
Later, the Pomo were forced to live in small rancherias set aside by the federal government. For most of the 20th century, the Pomo, reduced in number, survived on such tiny reservations in poverty. Few textbooks on California history mentioned the Bloody Island incident or abuse of the native Californians. [citation needed]
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