Moose
What were the two most important resources for the NW Coast Peoples?
cedar and salmon
Who were in the 3 different social classes? (ranks of people)
nobles, commoners, and enslaved people
People competed to hold bigger and better _______ to show their wealth.
potlatches
A type of tusk shell used as a kind of money
dentalia/dentalium
prized symbols of a leader's wealth- a new form of money
coppers
Each Native American had a _______ _______, which was someone to watch over them.
guardian spirit
The Northwest Coast Peoples formed a complex society without having to do what?
grow crops/practice agriculture
Why did village life run so smoothly?
Rulers encouraged cooperation among all ranks of people
From which animal did Salish women use fur to make wool?
dogs
Who was more aware of spirits than others?
shamans
The Northwest Coast peoples were the only culture in the Americas not influenced by the _____ and ______ cultures.
Maya and Aztec
Who became the rulers of the clans?
highest ranked nobles
After the start of fur trade, to show their wealth, some people would ___________________.
destroy their goods
The more _______ _______ a family claimed (had), the greater its _________.
enslaved people, wealth
The ______ figure in a _____ ______ represented the major animal associated with the owner's clan.
top, totem pole
The word potlatch comes from the Chinook word meaning "to _____ ______".
give away
What are two things that occurred because of trade with outsiders?
*People died of disease.
*Survivors banded together but they competed for leadership roles.
*Animals were hunted almost to extinction and they had to start buying from trading posts.
Why did the NW Coasts people put the bones of the salmon they had just eaten back into the river?
to convince the Salmon People to keep letting themselves be caught by humans
Who were the first outsiders to report they had reached the Northwest Coast area?
Russians
When fur traders first came to America, they had no interest in ___________, but this changed in the mid 1800s.
taking land from the NW Coast peoples
Of the following, which three tribes were from the Northwest Coast?
Haida, Makah, Oneida, Kiowa, Nuxalk, Hopi
Haida, Makah, and Nuxalk
What three states in the US did the Northwest Coast Peoples inhabit?
Alaska, Washington, Oregon
What are the Northwest Coast Peoples called in Canada?
First Nations People
The Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah were the only two groups to do what?
hunt whales in the open ocean
In 1999, what did the Makah do that upset many people?
harpooned a grey whale from a canoe