Tools & Weapons
a) sticks, stones, and animal hides
b) cedar wood, stone, and shells
c) styrofoam, hot glue, and construction paper
b) cedar wood, stone, and shells
T or F! Fish, shellfish, and sea mammals are important foods that the Indigenous Peoples have taken from the ocean.
True!
T or F! Traditionally men wore pants and shirts made out of deer skin.
F! They wore loin clothes and long cloaks.
Because Haida traditional lands are so close to the Pacific Ocean, rivers, and lakes, they became very skilled at...
T or F! Longhouses were large houses built of stone.
F! They were large houses but of cedar
An adze is an important _____ tool.
a)splitting
b) smoothing
c) carving
c) carving
Name at least 3 type of food that the Indigenous peoples traditionally gathered and hunted.
-Berries, roots, eggs, and birds
-whales, smelt, crabs, salmon, turtles, clams, seals
What types of clothes did the Haida women wear?
Knee length shirts, and poncho-like capes
How did the Haida make their large dugout canoes?
They were made by hollowing out cedar logs
Long houses could be smaller or larger, and could fit from _____ family members in it.
a)10-15
b)20-30
c) 30-80
c) 30-80
Adzes were used to:
a) carve canoes, smooth totems, and make bowls and spoons.
b) split wood
c) prepare food
a) carve canoes, smooth totems, and make bowls and spoons.
It sometimes took men days to kill a whale. Why was it dangerous to hunt a whale?
Because they are able to overturn a canoe!
T or F! Clothes made from cedar were waterproof
True!
A Haida canoe could be more than _____ feet long and could hold up to _____ people!
a)60 feet, 40 people
b)30 feet, 20 people
c) 120 feet, 80 people
a) 60 feet, 40 people
No, there were no windows because they did not have glass.
Name at least 3 items that were used for hunting
bows and arrows, snares, harpoons, nets, underwater traps, bone and wood hooks, and fishlines.
What did the Haida use to flavour their food?
Fish oil!
In cold weather, Haida people wore moccasins and heavy caribou robes. But most of the time, they preferred to..
a) wear slippers
b) go barefoot
go barefoot!
How did the Haida people soften the wood for carving when making their canoes?
Hot rocks and water
What was the opening in the roof of a long house used for? You should give more than one reason.
It was so smoke could leave the house. Fire pits were made in the house for heat, too cook with, and for light.
What did Haida men use in war when fighting in the water?
They tied stones to cedar ropes and threw them at their enemy's canoes to smash them.
How did the Haida bake, steam or boil their food?
*HINT: no pots or pans were used!
They heated rocks in the fire then put the hot rocks into a basket full of water, which would boil the water and cook the food.
Tell me one fact about basket hats
- women and men wore them
- made of finely woven spruce root
-designs and patterns of these hats showed a person's status and family connections
The Haida people used these canoes to travel up and down the sea coast for trading, fishing, hunting, and ...
a) having canoe races
b) meet their friends
c) warfare
c) warfare
Give me two facts about the inside of a longhouse
-Many families lived in a longhouse
-Cedar mats were placed on the dirt floor to separate each family's area
-They slept in bunkbeds
-Families had open shelves on the tops of bunkbeds
-Below a bunkbed, the family would dig a hole to store food so it stayed cool