Pacific Salmon Humpback Whale Oysters Crab Turtle women prepared fish in two ways some fish was eaten fresh but most of it was dried and saved for the winter months Huntingdiet Land Blacktailed deer ID: 646878
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Pacific CoastSlide2
Hunting/diet - Fishing
Pacific Salmon
Humpback Whale
Oysters
Crab
Turtle
women prepared fish in two ways: some fish was eaten fresh, but most of it was dried and saved for the winter monthsSlide3
Hunting/diet - Land
Black-tailed deer
Elk
Bear
Mountain Goat
Food, including meats and vegetables, were baked, steamed, or boiled without the use of pots or pans. Slide4
Plants
The Northwest Coastal People used cedar trees to make many things, including:
houses baskets
boxes
blankets
canoes
masks Slide5
Tools
Sledgehammer
Seal Clubs
Basket For Clams
For hunting they used bows and arrows, snares, deadfalls, and harpoons.
For fishing they used nets, underwater traps, bone and wood hooks, and harpoons. They also used fish lines, which were made out of cedar.Slide6
Clothing
Salish goat wool coat
Haida beaver cape
The women made most of the clothing out of softened cedar wood or bark, animal leather, and wool.Slide7
Transportation
The canoes were large and particularly long, some were up to 50 feet long and 8 feet wide.
Each canoe could hold up between 2 and 50 people and 10,000 pounds of cargo at one time.Slide8
Housing
Longhouses at Ksan Village
Kwakwakw'wakw house front
The Northwest Coastal People used cedar to build their houses.
Some villages had as many as 1,000 people, all living in only 30 housesSlide9
Housing
They lived in longhouses or 'Big houses' constructed out of cedar planks.
Each longhouse was 50-150 feet long and 20-60 feet wide, and housed several families.
Inside each family had bunk beds for sleeping. Above each bunk, there were storage areas and open shelves. Below the bottom bunks, they dug holes (around two feet deep) to store and cool food. Slide10
Art
Art played a major part in Northwest Coast culture.
They were known for their: Basketry (basket, hats) Woodworking (masks, totem poles)
Weaving (Chilkat blankets) Slide11
Music
Potlatch usually
corresponded with a person's change in social status, for example, marriage, birth, death, and coming of age. It included a feast, singing and costumed dancers. Since Potlatch was such a big celebration it often took more than a year to plan and lasted as long as two to three weeks.Slide12
Instruments
Some instruments used by the indigenous people were hand drums made of animal hides, plank drums, log drums, box drums, along with whistlers, wood clappers, and rattles.Slide13
Economy
The Northwest Coast people never developed a democracy. Their society was ruled by wealth. The wealthiest clan had the most power.
Any of the Northwest Coast groups had someone who was the oldest and highest ranking individual (closest link to the common ancestor) was named the Chief of the family.
The Chief of the most powerful family also became the village Chief. Slide14
Videos
Cedar Bark Weaving -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7aunDwsy5MThe Importance Of Potlatch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JVJ76FVVxYSlide15
References
Northwest Coastal People. (n.d.).
Northwest Coastal People. Retrieved October 30, 2014, from
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp
PEOPLE OF THE NORTHWEST COAST - FIRST NATIONS IN B.C. - BC ARCHIVES TIME MACHINE. (n.d.).
PEOPLE OF THE NORTHWEST COAST - FIRST NATIONS IN B.C. - BC ARCHIVES TIME MACHINE
. Retrieved October 28, 2014, from http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach