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From “Social Studies Fact Cards: California Indians” https://factcards.califa.org/cai/patwin.html

Ate fish, deer, and other animals
Built fish weirs (dams) out of posts and willow sticks stuck in the river bottom
Caught salmon and sturgeon in weirs and smaller fish in nets
Also gathered mussels
Fished in the Sacramento River
Some fishing places private
Men hunted deer, elk, antelope and the brown bear
When hunting deer, one man would wear a deer head to get closer to the deer
Birds like ducks and geese would be caught in nets
Small animals like turtles were also eaten
Meat was either roasted or dried for storage
Dried salmon or deer meat was ground into a flour
Families owned seed tracts, places where they could gather seeds
Seeds were dried and ground into meal
Acorns were a very important food
Acorns were made into mush

Transportation

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_River

Entertainment

From http://www.bigorrin.org/wintu_kids.htm

The hand game was played by holding marked sticks behind your back and guessing the location of each stick. It was used for gambling
Shinny was a sport similar to lacrosse
Men and women both played shinny, but they had different rules
Girls often played with dolls

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