Sinkyone Lolangkok Self-Guided Junior Ranger Activity (Ages 7 to 12 years)

The Sinkyone Lolangkok people were the first inhabitants of the park area. They made their home in winter along the waterways, where they fished for salmon. In summer, they moved into the hills to gather acorns from the tanoak trees. With the settlement of this area, the Sinkyone way of life ended. The people were sent off to reservations far away, or killed in battles with settlers. You can learn more about them on the park web site, or in the Visitor Center.

1. What sort of home do you think you would have lived in if you were a Sinkyone living here 300 years ago?

2. How do you think the Sinkyone people prepared the acorns they gathered for food?

3. What other animals might they have hunted for food?
   

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4. What tools did they make for hunting? What materials do you think they used?
   
   

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5. What do you think the Sinkyone did in their leisure time?
   

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6. How would these people have used the plants you see around you in the park?
   
   

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7. Do you think you could make a home, clothing, tools, and baskets from the plants around you?
   
   

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When you have finished this activity, bring it with you to the next Junior Ranger activity in the park to receive a stamp in your Junior Ranger Log Book. (You can get the free book at the park if you don't have one.)

Activity by: Kim A. Cabrera
Interpretive Specialist
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
July 2001