Bioregions and Tribes
What bioregion do Plateau people use?
The Shrub Steppe or Columbia Plateau (East)
What living thing is the key to life for BOTH Coast Salish and Plateau cultures?
SALMON
Describe the Coastal winter home.
Wood longhouse, very big
What are two materials used to make clothing by Plateau cultures?
Any two: Bison/buffalo hide, fur, deerskin; decorations could be quills, feathers, shells, bones
What form of transportation was MOST important to Plateau cultures?
HORSES
What two bioregions do the Coast Salish people use?
Marine Shoreline and Temperate Rainforest (West)
What is one non-salmon food that is important to Coast Salish cultures?
Any: Camas root, shellfish, ocean fish, berries, green vegetables
Describe the Coastal summer home.
Summer camp tents made of tule reed mats.
What are two materials used to make clothing by the Coast Salish cultures?
Choose two: Cedar bark, furs, mountain goat wool, dog wool
What form of transportation was MOST important to Coast Salish cultures?
CANOES
What are two tribes that live nearest Spanaway?
Nisqually and Puyallup
What is one non-salmon food that is important in Plateau cultures?
Choose one: Bison, camas root, berries, many other animals and plants
Describe the Plateau winter home.
Dugout partially underground, dome above
Why were certain dogs very important to the Plateau cultures?
Dogs could pull a travois (like a land sled) of supplies.
Plateau people had horses. Why did they ALSO use canoes?
There are huge rivers on the Columbia Plateau.
What are two tribes of the Plateau?
Any two: Yakama, Spokan, Nez Perce, Umatilla, Colville
Why couldn't people just harvest salmon whenever they wanted?
Salmon only come up the rivers in fall.
Describe the Plateau summer home (2 options)
Tule reed mat house, or tipi of animal skins.
Why were certain dogs very important to the Coast Salish people?
They bred dogs to have woolly white fur that was shaved and used for clothing.
Coast Salish people had canoes. Why did some of them ALSO use horses?
Some areas of the coast also have open grasslands.
What are two differences between the climate in the Coast Salish region vs. the Plateau region?
Coast: Very rainy. Moderate temperatures.
Plateau: Dry. Hot summer, cold winter.
How did people save food all year, before refrigerators and cans?
Food was smoked and dried
Why did the Plateau people need very strong, warm winter homes?
The Columbia Plateau is dangerously cold in winter.
How did horses make a big difference for Plateau people? (give 1 example)
Any of these: Bring elderly/sick people along with you; carry more supplies; travel longer distances; hunt fast animals like bison
One single cedar log per canoe. They are hollowed out and carved.