Atsugewi

The Atsugewi lived south of the Pit River in the country of Hat Creek and Dixie Valley. Closely related to their Achomawi neighbours, they included the Atsuge, or Pine Tree people, and the Apwaruge, or Juniper Tree people. Their names recalled the different wooded landscapes of their homelands. Families hunted and gathered plants, and Atsugewi crafts and foods passed to neighbouring communities through exchange. Yew bows were especially valued by peoples of the surrounding mountain and basin country.