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Wannahokaloogie-Subsistance and Exchange
WANNAHAKALOOGIE SUBSISTENCE AND EXCHANGE
Wannahokaloogie has many ways to obtain enough calories and water to survive. First off, the ocean provides for many edible foods. Some oceanic food would include fish, crustaceans such as crab and lobster, shellfish, octopus, and squid are some of the favorites enjoyed by all of the locals. Sea Purslane, which at times grows in the sands and on rocks, is a delicious food raw or cooked that is rich in minerals and all parts of the plant can be eaten. Obviously the coconut has a very big impact on our society. The coconut tree provides a source of water, food and shelter and the juice of the coconut is very rich in potassium and other minerals. The young flesh of the coconut looks kind of like gelatin and is delicious but hard to obtain, since one must climb to the top of the tree in order to harvest it. The more mature fruit, found on the ground is not as tasty as the its younger brother, but one can harvest the oil for a natural sun block and use the hard outside for water containers. Other fruits in our environment include mangos, seagrapes, Geiger trees and cocoplums. Some of the naturally growing, wild and edible plants that grow in our home include the jippi jappa, and the hog plum, this grow everywhere and children love it. We also have small farms dispersed throughout our Island that provide us with many fruits like various berries, and vegetables like the sweet potato. Fresh water is rather easy to come by if you know where to look. We have a fairly simple system of catching rain water by placing leaves in the right position and letting the water drain into a basin on the ground. There are also many water vines, that, if cut in the right places can provide quite a bit of clean, clear and sweet water. Some of the plants also provide natural reservoirs from which water can be drank, but the prime source of water is the springs that come from the volcanic mountains( this is naturally purified water) . Our culture also does much hunting for meat other than fish. We make use of bows and arrows and spears with hardened rock tips obtained through trade with the highlanders(but since we live on a volcanic island we have access to obsidian (a type of hard rock) that can be used for arrow tips. This rock is very hard kinda like granite, do a little bit of research on it.). We hunt many birds, wild boar, tiger, agouti (rodent), Alligator, snake, monkeys, cassowary’s, capybara’s (worlds largest rodent), leopards, and nutria just to name a few. We also indulge in protein rich insects like tarantulas, scorpion’s, and various worms and larvae. Our culture also enjoys farming crops that don’t grow well in the wild like fruits like assorted berries and vegetables like the sweet potato. Certain jobs are split up equally between all members of our community and include farming, building houses, hunting cloth making for trade, fishing, etc. Reciprocity is the only form of exchange in our community so far. When other tribes need a little help, our tribe is glad to help whenever possible because we know that one day we will need help and can always count on the other tribes to treat us the same way. The tribes closer to the cutting materials in the mountains are our prime source of hunting and farming equipment. We provide many clothing’s and blankets made from plants (made from plant fibers and dyed from berries and other fruit) found in the lowlands in exchange. This type of exchange system keeps all in our culture much closer and family like. We would have it no other way at this time.
Integrator's Notes: Again it is easy to see how are environment has shaped who we are as a nation. It is unparalleled in any sense because we are surrounded with natural resources as an island and are very fortunate to be able to use all of these things for our advantage. One thing that we trade on a small world scale is glass. The glass in our culture is made from the sand on our beaches being extremely heated through lightning from some of our tropical storms. We do not a large scale exporter of this commodity because we do not have the resources to do that, at the present time of the culture in 1450, but perhaps we can use this fact to our advantage in the world simulation. We do not have a commercial way to travel to other countries so as Travis mentioned we are very isolated, we are limited, but would like to be able to trade with and be recognized by some of the larger nations to our north. We feel that we have a lot to offer other countries and feel that we can make good exchange. Alaina Shelton
Link to type of boat travel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki
Wannahokaloogie has many ways to obtain enough calories and water to survive. First off, the ocean provides for many edible foods. Some oceanic food would include fish, crustaceans such as crab and lobster, shellfish, octopus, and squid are some of the favorites enjoyed by all of the locals. Sea Purslane, which at times grows in the sands and on rocks, is a delicious food raw or cooked that is rich in minerals and all parts of the plant can be eaten. Obviously the coconut has a very big impact on our society. The coconut tree provides a source of water, food and shelter and the juice of the coconut is very rich in potassium and other minerals. The young flesh of the coconut looks kind of like gelatin and is delicious but hard to obtain, since one must climb to the top of the tree in order to harvest it. The more mature fruit, found on the ground is not as tasty as the its younger brother, but one can harvest the oil for a natural sun block and use the hard outside for water containers. Other fruits in our environment include mangos, seagrapes, Geiger trees and cocoplums. Some of the naturally growing, wild and edible plants that grow in our home include the jippi jappa, and the hog plum, this grow everywhere and children love it. We also have small farms dispersed throughout our Island that provide us with many fruits like various berries, and vegetables like the sweet potato. Fresh water is rather easy to come by if you know where to look. We have a fairly simple system of catching rain water by placing leaves in the right position and letting the water drain into a basin on the ground. There are also many water vines, that, if cut in the right places can provide quite a bit of clean, clear and sweet water. Some of the plants also provide natural reservoirs from which water can be drank, but the prime source of water is the springs that come from the volcanic mountains( this is naturally purified water) . Our culture also does much hunting for meat other than fish. We make use of bows and arrows and spears with hardened rock tips obtained through trade with the highlanders(but since we live on a volcanic island we have access to obsidian (a type of hard rock) that can be used for arrow tips. This rock is very hard kinda like granite, do a little bit of research on it.). We hunt many birds, wild boar, tiger, agouti (rodent), Alligator, snake, monkeys, cassowary’s, capybara’s (worlds largest rodent), leopards, and nutria just to name a few. We also indulge in protein rich insects like tarantulas, scorpion’s, and various worms and larvae. Our culture also enjoys farming crops that don’t grow well in the wild like fruits like assorted berries and vegetables like the sweet potato. Certain jobs are split up equally between all members of our community and include farming, building houses, hunting cloth making for trade, fishing, etc. Reciprocity is the only form of exchange in our community so far. When other tribes need a little help, our tribe is glad to help whenever possible because we know that one day we will need help and can always count on the other tribes to treat us the same way. The tribes closer to the cutting materials in the mountains are our prime source of hunting and farming equipment. We provide many clothing’s and blankets made from plants (made from plant fibers and dyed from berries and other fruit) found in the lowlands in exchange. This type of exchange system keeps all in our culture much closer and family like. We would have it no other way at this time.
Integrator's Notes: Again it is easy to see how are environment has shaped who we are as a nation. It is unparalleled in any sense because we are surrounded with natural resources as an island and are very fortunate to be able to use all of these things for our advantage. One thing that we trade on a small world scale is glass. The glass in our culture is made from the sand on our beaches being extremely heated through lightning from some of our tropical storms. We do not a large scale exporter of this commodity because we do not have the resources to do that, at the present time of the culture in 1450, but perhaps we can use this fact to our advantage in the world simulation. We do not have a commercial way to travel to other countries so as Travis mentioned we are very isolated, we are limited, but would like to be able to trade with and be recognized by some of the larger nations to our north. We feel that we have a lot to offer other countries and feel that we can make good exchange. Alaina Shelton
Link to type of boat travel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki
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What do we trade, generally we trade glass that is make from the sand of our beaches and other things. I think we talked about this in class.
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