PomoIndianandtheirbasketryEtymology(词源)ThenamePomoderivesfromaconflationofthePomowords[pʰoːmoː]and[pʰoʔmaʔ].Itoriginallymeant"thosewholiveatredearthhole"andwasoncethenameofavillageinsouthernPotterValleynearthepresent-daycommunityofPomo.BrifeintroductionThePomopeopleareanindigenouspeoplesofCalifornia.ThehistoricPomoterritory(领土)innorthernCaliforniawaslarge,borderedbythePacificCoasttothewest,extendinginlandtoClearLake,andmainlybetweenCleoneandDuncansPoint.Totalpopulation:1770:8,0001851:3,500-5,0001910:777-1,2001990:4,900Regionswithsignificantpopulations:UnitedStates( California,MendocinoCounty,SonomaValley,NapaValley,LakeCounty,ColusaCounty)Languages:Pomoanlanguages,English.PomoanincludsNorthernPomo,NortheasternPomo,EasternPomo,SoutheasternPomo,CentralPomo,SouthernPomo,EasternPomoandKashaya.JohnWesleyPowellclassifiedthelanguagefamilyasKulanapanin1891。Religion:Kuksu,MessiahCult,traditionalPomoreligionTwohistoricsitesofpomopeopleTolayLakesiteLakeSonomasitesAPomoIndianinatuleboat,circa1924.CultureThepeoplecalledPomowereoriginallylinkedbylocation,language,andculturalexpression.Theywerenotsociallyorpoliticallylinkedasonelargeunifiedgroup.Instead,theylivedinsmallgroupsorbands,linkedbygeography,lineage(血统)andmarriage.Traditionallytheyrelieduponfishing,huntingandgatheringfortheirfood.TribesBigValleyBandofPomoIndiansoftheBigValleyRancheriaCloverdaleRancheriaofPomoIndiansofCaliforniaCoyoteValleyBandofPomoIndiansofCaliforniaDryCreekRancheriaofPomoIndiansofCaliforniaElemIndianColonyofPomoIndiansoftheSulphurBankRancheriaFederatedIndiansofGratonRancheria(partPomo)GuidivilleRancheriaofCaliforniaHabematolelPomoofUpperLakeHoplandBandofPomoIndiansoftheHoplandRancheriaKashiaBandofPomoIndiansoftheStewartsPointRancheriaLyttonRancheriaofCaliforniaManchesterBandofPomoIndiansoftheManchester-PointArenaRancheriaMiddletownRancheriaofPomoIndiansofCaliforniaPinolevillePomoNationPotterValleyTribeRedwoodValleyRancheriaofPomoIndiansofCaliforniaRobinsonRancheriaofPomoIndiansofCaliforniaRoundValleyIndianTribesoftheRoundValleyReservation(partPomo)ScottsValleyBandofPomoIndiansofCaliforniaSherwoodValleyRancheriaofPomoIndiansofCalifornia.TheirBasketryisthemostversatileanddiversifiedofallIndianTribes.Theymadeuseoffeathers,shellbeadsandglassbeads.ThePomousedtwinedandcoiledbasketsaswellasmanyothertechniques.ThemostfamousNativeAmericanPomobasketweaverisElsieAllen。BasketryPomoburdenbasketsHoppertofacilitategrindingacorns.Asiftingbasket.Adoctor'sbasketusedtoholdacuringoutfitAPomoplaque.FishtrapAneel(鳗鱼)trapAminiPomobasketHighlydecoratedgiftbasket.Thankyou!