The Pomo tribe of Native Americans originally lived in California and had a large area of land under their control. Today, many groups are recognized by the US government. The tribe spoke Pomoan languages and practiced shamanism, with some later adopting the “worship of the Messiah” religion.
The Pomo tribe is a group of Native Americans who originally lived in California. Historically, the Pomo tribe had a large area of land under their control. Today many of the groups are officially recognized by the United States, including the Big Valley Band and the Dry Creek Rancheria groups. Traditionally the different Pomo tribes were related to each other by the place where they lived and by the language they spoke even if they were not all united under the name of a single tribe.
The original territory of the Pomo tribe—the collection of all the smaller tribes—extended from the Pacific to inland California’s Clear Lake. While most of the groups contained within this tribe were in the same region, there is a small Pomo tribe, which was separate and lived in a different area.
The tribe is thought to have originally descended from people who lived in Sonoma County in California. This would have been a coastal area full of redwoods. About 9,000 years ago, the first people to migrate to Clear Lake began their journey which marked the beginning of the development of the Pomo tribe.
The word Pomo means “people who live in the hole of the red earth”. This may have been a reference to red minerals that have been found in the region or clay that has been found in the earth. It wasn’t until the late 1800s that the word Pomo was used to describe all the tribes that now fall under this definition – until then the word was used as a suffix for place names.
The Pomoan languages were spoken by the Pomo tribe and some versions are still spoken today by a few people. This is largely due to the effort of some members of the Pomo tribe to preserve the language for the future. There are seven different languages such as Eastern Pomo and Central Pomo languages.
Religion is a major factor in the lives of many Native American tribes and this is no different for the Pomo people. Most of the religious beliefs of the Pomo group fall into the category of shamanism. Religious activities included rites of passage during puberty, ceremonies visited by spirit beings to cure illnesses, and interaction with the “spirit world.” Later in the history of the Pomo tribe a different religion was introduced to some, which was called “worship of the Messiah”.
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