The Pacific Ocean supplied most of the food for the Pacific Northwest People. What fish was eaten the most?
(Hint: We still eat it on the coast today)
Salmon
100
Usually made from cedar planks the Pacific Northwest First Nations lived in what kind of building in the winter?
Longhouses
100
What part of the animals hunted on land were made into clothing or used for blankets or wall insulation?
Pelts
100
Pacific Northwest First Nations carved animal, human and/or bird figures into tall wooden columns often made of cedar. What is the name of these columns?
Totem poles
100
Due to the wet climate of the coast the people of the Pacific Northwest could not live in skin tents. These skin tents were also known as what?
Teepees
200
Harpooning is a fishing technique used in shallow water fishing and to catch what fish?
Sturgeon
200
Carved from trees and used on water, this type of transportation was important to the people of the Pacific Northwest.
Canoes
200
Berries were often worked into thick ________ and were spread out and dried by the sun.
Cakes
200
This art form, often made from cedar, was worn over the face and had intricate carvings on it.
Masks
200
What animal was kept by the people of the Pacific Northwest so they could be sheared for the resulting wool?
Woolly Dogs
300
What fishing method still used today allows fish to swim part way through the holes of the net, but catches the fish around the gills so they cannot escape?
Gill netting
300
Cedar bark was soaked and beaten before being woven together to form water repellent _________ woren by the First Nations on the coast.
Clothing
300
The hair collected from what animal was rare and considered a status symbol when the wool was woven into ceremonial blankets?
(Hint: the animal was not killed or hurt when the hair was collected)
Mountain Goats
300
This blanket was used during ceremonies and displayed the family crest or symbol that was unique to that family. The blanket was passed down from elders to family members. What is the blanket called?
Button Blanket
300
What was another name for the Shaman, or person who healed the sick and drove out demons?
Medicine Man
400
What process was completed to preserve the fish so it could be eaten many months later?
Smoking, salting and/or drying
400
Name two uses of cedar bark.
Rope, mats, clothing and/or basketry
400
This mammal is found in the ocean was hunted by skilled members of the Pacific Northwest First Nations. It provided them with oil, food and bones.
Whales
400
Abalone shells were used as a decorative item before European contact with First Nations, after contact this round object found now on sweaters and coats started to replace the shells. What is the round object?
Buttons
400
What food that comes from fish were considered a delicacy and were eaten in handfuls?
(Hint: In the video they were orange)
Fish eggs
500
This object blocks fish and forces them towards a hole or breach with a person or trap waiting to catch the fish. What is this object called?
Weir
500
Many families often shared longhouses and for privacy each family had a portion of the longhouse sectioned off using woven ________.
Mats
500
Name two uses of fat boiled out of fatty animals like the black bear and sockeye salmon.
Cooking, medicines, protection of cedar and/or hair products
500
This ceremony was made illegal by the Canadian government between 1884 and 1951, but today is considered an important part of celebration among First Nations.
Potlatch
500
In this type of fishing technique a person would stand above a narrow section of river and dip a large net attached to the end of a pole into the water. When fish were in the net the mouth of it was closed and the trapped fish were hauled out. What type of fishing is this?