Ask the Experts - California Indians / Identifications of Tribes / Life
- What is the main function of the mission and what specific trees were found on most missions?
- Do you have more information on mission Indians who were blacksmiths?
- Why is the Mission San Diego de Alcala called the "Mother of all Missions?
- Did the Indians play any games that were like foodball or baseball?
- Were Indians allowed to take communion?
- Several questions regarding the life at the missions
- What was life like for the Indian children living at the mission?
- What work did the Indians perform at Santa Ines?
- What was daily life like at Mission Soledad for both the Padres and the Native Americans?
- What effect did the small pox have on the indians of the mission if any?
- Where I could obtain the history or any records of the chapel in the San Pasqual Valley?
- How did the Indians like the missions and how did the missionaries treat the Indians?
- What happened to the Indian tribes after the mission was built?
- Do you think the missions were good idea for Native Americans? Why or Why not?
- Is it true the Indians were intentionally wrapped in blankets that had been infected by chicken pox in order to kill them?
- Was there a school at the mission? if so, who attended its classes?
- Did the Indians dance?
- What happened to the Native Chumash population after the closure of the Santa Barbara Mission?
- What did the Indians do before the founding of the California Missions?
- How did the Indians benefit from joining the California missions?
- Can you tell me if there were sweathouses on the Missions or were these done away with during Mission period?
- Can you tell me the real purpose for the Spaniards establishment of the missions?
- Which Native Americans lived at San Luis Obispo and what were some of their customs?
- What Indian tribe lived at San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo and what crops were raised there?
- Do the missions tell you much about the California Indians when you visit?
- What is the name of the tribe that was part of the San Gabriel mission?
- What local Native American tribe came to work at San Francisco de Asis and were they cooperative?