Northwest Coasts Peoples
Village Life
Arts and Crafts
Trade with Outsiders
Northwest Coast Nations Today
100

What did the Northwest Peoples build?

wooden dams, called weirs, to trap their fish

100

Village houses were made of?

Cedar

100

What were baskets woven from?

roots, twigs, and grasses

100
what is an epidemic?

out break of diseases

100
Who still continues to fight for their land and culture.

Northwest coast 

200

what did the Native peoples of the Northwest Coast mostly travel in?

Canoes

200

What type of tusk was used at times for a kind money? 

Dentalia 

200

Chilkat women used wool of mountain goats to weave what?

Blankets

200

Why did traders keep increasing the prices?

To force people to provide more fur

200

In 1999, the ____ held their frist whale hunt in 70 years.

Makah

300

Northwest Coast peoples lived in two groups called?

Moieties (MOY-uh-tees)

300

What was there hats made out of?

grasses or carved from wood 

300

What are the main colors used for totem poles? 

Black, White, Blue/Green, Red

300

What year did the Russians arrive?

1741

300

Who lives in the Northwest Coast region today?

Natives

400

Who kept village life running smoothly by encouraging cooperation among the people of all ranks?

Rulers

400

In the early 1700s, a sudden mudslide buried what village?

Makah village of Ozette

400

The men were skilled at what?

Carving wood

400

Spanish ships sailed up the ____ coast?

Pacific

400

Has the population increased or decreased?

Increased

500

A flat head was considered? 

Beautiful 

500

The outside planks of the house might be painted to symbolize what?

Representing the family's heritage

500
Each time the master would enter or leave, he would pass a hole, and it was like he was being _____ from his ancestors.

reborn

500

Who was the first outsiders to report they had reached the Northwest Coast area? 

Russians

500

An important event, such a wedding, the naming of a child, or coming of age, was marked with a big feast.

Potlatch