Village Life on the Colorado
Village Life on the Colorado
Humans have lived on the Colorado River for thousand of years. All the river Yumans practiced floodwater agriculture, growing corn, beans, and squash in the rich silt deposited in the bottomlands by waters receding from floods.
Yumans around 1857
Yumans around 1857 
 
Women wore skirts which they made out of willow bark. Men wore nothing or a loin cloth.
Life on the Colorado River
Life on the River

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