AnswersDriveNorthwest Indians - Food. Coastal tribes lived off the ocean. There was no sushi in their diets but plenty of seals, salmon, sea otters and whales. They had a nearly endless supply of fish from the ocean, animals to hunt and fruit from the forest.
What tribes lived in the Northwest coast?
The peoples of the Northwest Coast spoke a number of North American Indian languages. From north to south the following linguistic divisions occurred: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, northern Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, southern Kwakiutl, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Coast Salish, Quileute-Chimakum, Kwalhioqua, and Chinook.
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What does the Northwest people eat?
What Food Did Northwest Native Americans Eat? Native Americans in the Northwest region got most of their food from fishing. Male tribe members would use bows, arrows, spears, and fishhooks to catch their food. Some of the common animals they ate were seals, salmon, sea otters, and whales.
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What weapons did the northwest coast use?
Most tools that the Northwest Coast people used were made out of cedar wood, stone, and shells. Sledgehammers for splitting wood were made out of stone. For hunting they used bows and arrows, snares, deadfalls, and harpoons. For fishing they used nets, underwater traps, bone and wood hooks, and harpoons.
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Where is the Pacific Northwest?
If defined as British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, the Pacific Northwest has four US National Parks: Crater Lake in Oregon, plus Olympic, Mount Rainier, and North Cascades in Washington.
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What was the longhouse made out of?
The frames of the longhouses were made with poles which were covered with bark that was cut into rectangular slabs. A variety of different trees were used to build a longhouse, depending on the tree's strength, flexibility and resistance to decay. The roof of a typical Iroquois longhouse was rounded rather than peaked.
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What is the main purpose of a potlatch?
Potlatch, ceremonial distribution of property and gifts to affirm or reaffirm social status, as uniquely institutionalized by the American Indians of the Northwest Pacific coast. The potlatch reached its most elaborate development among the southern Kwakiutl from 1849 to 1925.
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What kind of food did the natives eat?
One important food that these farming people ate was succotash, which was a kind of stew made of lima beans, corn, meat, and bear fat. People also ate roasted or boiled corn on the cob, popcorn, bean soup and squash soup. A lot of the food Americans eat today is the same as Native American food.
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What Native American tribes lived in the northwest region?
Northwest Coast/Plateau - These Native Americans were known for their houses made of cedar planks as well as their totem poles. Tribes include the Nez Perce, Salish, and the Tlingit. Southeast - The largest Native American tribe, the Cherokee, lived in the Southeast.
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What is a totem pole and what does it represent?
In North America, totem poles are part of the cultures of many indigenous peoples of Alaska, British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Totem poles serve many purposes beyond their beauty, and their meanings are as varied as the cultures that make them. Some totem poles represent stories or important events.
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What did the Kwakiutl wear for clothing?
Kwakiutl men didn't usually wear clothing at all, though some men wore a breech clout. Women wore short skirts made of cedar bark. In colder weather, both genders wore knee-length tunics, long cloaks of shredded cedar bark, and moccasins on their feet.
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Which culture group lived in the Eastern Woodlands region?
A majority of Eastern Woodlands tribes spoke Iroquoian or Algonquian. The Iroquois speakers included the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Huron. The Iroquoian tribes were primarily deer hunters but they also grew corn, squash, and beans, they gathered nuts and berries, and they fished.
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Where did the people of Plateau live?
These tribes live in parts of the Central and Southern Interior of British Columbia, northern Idaho, western Montana, eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, and northeastern California. The eastern flank of the Cascade Range lies within the territory of the Plateau peoples.
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What determined the social status of the coastal people?
The Northwest Coast people never developed a democracy. Instead, their society was ruled by wealth. The wealthiest clan had the most power. Their society included different classes: nobles, commoners, and slaves (acquired through War or purchase).
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What state did the Kwakiutl live in?
They also used the trees to build their homes. The Kwakiutl lived in long, narrow houses called long houses or plank houses. Up to 50 people from the same clan would live in one house. Totem poles are ceremonial statues that were carved by many of the tribes in the Pacific Northwest.
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Where did the Haida tribe live in Canada?
The Haida Indians are original people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their homelands are the islands near the coast of southeastern Alaska and northwest British Columbia, particularly the Haida Gwaii archipelago and Prince of Wales Island. Here is a map showing the location of the Haida communities of Haida Gwaii.
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What kind of clothing did Haida wear?
Before the Haida came in contact with Europeans, most Haida wore clothes made of woven red or yellow cedar bark. Women wore skirts and capes and men wore long capes.
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What does Haida mean in English?
Definition of: Haida. (hī′d?) noun. 1. A member of any of the tribes of North American Indians inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, and Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. 2.
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Where do the Tlingit people live?
The Tlingit Indians are original people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They live in southeastern Alaska and in British Columbia and the Yukon in Canada. Here is a map showing the location of traditional Tlingit lands.
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What is Haida art?
Haida art is recognized around the world for its monumental totem poles and sculptures; fine carving in wood, metal and slate; and weaving. Through countless generations, Haida artists have developed a system of design, which they apply to both sculptural forms and two-dimensional art.
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What is Tlingit art?
Tlingit Art. The distinctive art of the Tlingit is reflective of their culture, ancestry, and collective histories. Like many styles of the Northwest native cultures, creatures from nature and mythology are displayed in various states of realism.
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What is a Formline art?
Formline art is a feature in the indigenous art of the Northwest Coast of North America, distinguished by the use of characteristic shapes referred to as ovoids, U forms and S forms.