Where Did They Live?
Pages 6,7,8,9
Pages 6,7,8,9
There had to be room for many families.
What was the main source of protein for this tribe?
Fish
What did this tribe wear in the summer?
dresses, breech clothes or nothing
What was a spirit quest?
It was the time boys learned what spirit animal would show them their talent and help guide their life.
What was one thing the girls learned to do?
-paddle the canoes
-take care of the home
-dry fish
-weave baskets to carry water weave blankets
What were their homes made of?
Thick boards cut from cedar wood.
What type of plant was gathered from the ocean to eat?
Seaweed
What would the children wear?
Whatever the adults wore.
What was a Potlatch Party?
A large party that was planned for years where people would receive gifts.
What was one thing the boys learned to do?
-fish
-cut down giant cedar wood trees
-paddle the canoe
-use your talent given to you on the spirit quest
-make masks, bowls, boxes out of wood.
What direction would the front of the houses face?
The ocean. The back would face the woods.
What is one way they used whale blubber?
- boiled down into oil to drizzle and eat on food (even desserts)
- worn raw around their necks at blubber feasts to cut off pieces and eat whole
What would they wear on their heads?
Why were the potlatch parties important?
It gave a family the chance to show their wealth.
Did the women get paid in some way after they finished their jobs?
Yes, they were given something valuable like a fur robe or shell jewelry.
What type of statues did the Northwest Indians have as designs in front of their homes?
Carved totem poles.
What did they do to the fish to keep it from rotting?
They would smoke it over smoke from an open fire.
What did they wear on their feet?
Moccasins or cedar bark
What was the most important day of the year?
The day the salmon returned in the spring.
How did the boys cut down the giant cedar wood trees with no chainsaws?
They would set a fire to the base of the tree and chip away at the burned part.
What type of containers were used to store clothes, tools, and food?
Wooden boxes and baskets.
This tribe used a wooden box to cook their soup. How did they keep the box from burning as they cooked and heated the soup.
They would put hot rocks from the fire into the soup and it would heat the liquid in the box.
What were the clothes (especially for winter) made of?
Bear or deer skin.
Why was the day the salmon returned important?
This tribe believed the salmon were actually people who lived in a magic village under the sea who turned themselves into salmon to help the tribe have food.
How did the men make a canoe?
They would split a cedar log in half with stone tools and they used fire to hollow out the inside of the log.