The Shastas are a group of small tribes, once appropriated in the northern California, in the inclusive territory between the Trinity River and the Pit River. You/they were sedentary and they lived in small villages of houses in wood seeds buried. Their principal food was the fish, particularly the salmon, that they took with nets, traps and harpoons. They preserved the fish for the winter letting him/it dry or to fill with smoke. Other secondary foods were acorns, seeds and roots. Hunting was little main point and their principal weapon it was the arc. With the arrival of miners and gold diggers between 1855 and 1860, the Shastas lowered notably of number. The few survivors live in the situated reserve currently to east of the Shasta Lake.
