Natural Resources
Type of tree used to build houses, canoes, baskets, and clothing.
What is cedar?
What is a potlatch?
Many plateau tribes believed that all living things had a _____.
What is a spirit?
Name of the closest ocean to the Coastal people.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Name of the home that Plateau people dug in the ground during the winter.
What are pit houses?
Plants and berries were a food source and were also used as ___________
What is medicine?
How tribes traveled to trade centers.
What is in canoes on waterways?
In the Spokane Nation, this person blessed the salmon catch, decided where to fish, and divided catch to all tribes.
Who is the "Salmon Chief?"
Name of the bulb that Coastal people roasted that tasted like sweet potatoes.
What is camas?
Some Plateau Indians believed that the salmon were once __________ who came to Earth.
What are humans?
The most popular fish consumed by most tribes.
What is salmon?
Name of a type of potato that was traded among tribes.
What is wapato?
Name for people with special gifts to heal and the ability to bring back the salmon and change the weather.
What is a Shaman?
Most home were made out of wooden _________ from cedar trees.
What are planks?
In the summer, some Plateau Indians moved from place to place and lived in homes called___________.
What are tipis?
Tribe known as "The Whalers."
What is Makah?
Name of a valuable type of shell.
What is dentalia?
The Duwamish children believed that this woman would capture them if they were being naughty.
Whos is the "Basket Ogress?"
Many Coastal people traveled to places that were abundant with food and plants during this season.
What is summer?
This animal was considered a valuable resource for transportation.
What are horses?
Plateau tribes made mats out of this type of plant, also called bulrushes.
What is tule?
The location of the trading center for the Spokane Nation.
What is Spokane Falls or Little Falls?
Children aged 7-10 from the Yakama Nation went on this to find their special connection to an animal or plant.
What is a Spirit Quest?
After the first salmon of the season was caught and cooked, they would return this into the water.
What are the bones of the fish?
This was an important way for the early Plateau Indians to celebrate their culture.
What is storytelling?