Paskah

The Paskah are a native tribe living on the high desert plateaus of the northern Delcova Territory in Saldonia. The Paskah people once belonged to the Barcha tribe, but they settled down and gave up their life of war many generations ago. They are farmers, like many of the desert tribes, their clans and families spread across a vast distance between the Grand Mesa and the Huzama Desert.
The Paskah herd sheep, goats, and cattle, supplementing their crops with raids. Communities of widely scattered hogans - circular earth-covered lodges - may occupy as many as 80,000 acres. Extended families farm, herd sheep, and perform ceremonies. Neighboring families choose a headman. Paskah society is divided into 60 or so clans spread among the communities, and kinship is matrilineal.
==Territory==
Four sacred mountains define the Paskah land: Pama Najka lies at the southern end of their traditional territory, where the escarpments of the Grand Mesa meets the Skyspire Mountains; Pama Makaji lies in the Skyspires at the western end of the Huzama Desert; Pama Ulah is in the Silver Mountains north of Suicide Bluff; and Pama Massa is in a range that juts south from the White Mountains near the Grand Mesa escarpments. The Paskah claim all land between these four peaks, and Pama Najka is considered the most powerful and sacred of all. Sacred lands are important to the Paskah, as they consider all their land sacred. The four peaks that outline the Paskah territory are frequently visited by shamans to get closer to the spirits.
==Relationship with Other Groups==
The Paskah have served as protectors of all the northern desert tribes from time to time. They have provided food and shelter for the Barcha, and the Mastroka tribes have hidden among the Paskah when they were persecuted by colonists. As a result, they can count all the desert tribes as friends and allies.
Even the colonists have gotten along fairly well with the Paskah, but these good feelings are probably due to the fact that Paskah and colonists have not been in contact for very long. They have not had treaties broken or their people hunted.
Nevertheless, some Paskah perform stealthy night raids on neighboring tribes and colonists, netting slaves, trade gods, and livestock. Paskah do not count coup, and leave dead warriors on the battlefield for fear of evil spirits. Paskah abandon a hogan if someone dies within it.
==Members==
Members of the Paskah Tribe
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