Kulanapan

The Pomo peoples inhabited a wide region of northern California, from the Pacific coast inland to Clear Lake and the Russian River valley. Their related languages were once grouped under the name Kulanapan. Pomo communities lived in smaller bands connected by kinship and marriage, rather than under one common ruler. In the valleys, acorns were ground with mortars and pestles, while shell beads passed through networks of exchange linking the inhabitants with other Californian peoples.