Language used when many tribes traded and shared with early French trappers
What is Chinook Jargon
the place where the freshwater rivers meet the saltwater
What is an Estuary
: a mythical sea route connecting the Pacific and Atlantic
Oceans
What is the Northwest passage
To the Makah hunting this animal was considered a spiritual event. With rituals and ceremonies before the hunt.
What is a Whale
The Native Americans of the Columbia river plateau hunted what large animal.
What is the buffalo 🦬
First European to land on the American continent
Who was the Vikings
The main thing that brings whales to the Salish Sea is the year-round migrating patterns of the this fish
What is salmon
art made by carving or scratching images on the surface of a rock-
What are petroglyphs
A new route was needed for what trade
What is spices from India
Name 2 kinds of whales found in the Pacific Northwest
What is orca and gray whale
Native American tribe that lived in this area and traveled through the Craters of the Moon
What is the Shoshone Tribe
Columbus believed that by sailing which direction he could find an alternate route to India
What is west
Much is known about the Makah, due to a large extent to the Ozette Archaeological Site. The Ozette were a tribe of Makah people near Neah Bay. Tragically, the entire tribe was covered by a mudslide sometime in. either 1560 or 1700 (during the Cascadia earthquake and tsunami).
Because the disaster was so sudden and thousands of artifacts were preserved in mud, this site has been called what?
What is the American Pompeii
people who have a main settlement but who travel seasonally to hunt, fish, or gather food
What are Semi Nomadic
To sail all the way around the earth
What is Circumnavigate