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Housing
Hunting
Food
Ceremonies & Beliefs
Clothing
100
Spaces made to let sun in and smoke out and can be covered by planks on rainy days.
What are smoke holes?
100
nets, harpoons and traps
What are the tools for hunting?
100
Swam upstream to lay their eggs and die.
What are salmon?
100
These items were used to worship the land, water and forests.
What are the symbols or carvings?
100
Made from animal hides and softened cedar bark
What is clothing?
200
A house that is mobile in summer and is weaved using cedar.
What is a camp house?
200
salmon, cod, halibut, herring, smelts and sturgeon
What are the fish that were caught by the men?
200
sea turtles, whales, sea lions, sea otters, crabs and oysters
What are the sea creatures they ate?
200
An emblem at the doorway of a home that showed the ancestry of a clan
What is a totem pole?
200
Cleaning and preparing the insides of things hunted and caught by the men
What are animal hides?
300
Animal skins or cedar mats divided the spaces to give a private area for each family.
What is a longhouse?
300
This is made from a large cedar log and has a high front.
What is a whaling canoe?
300
Used for preserving the meat and fish for winter.
What is a smoke house?
300
Large feasts held to celebrate special occasions and to show the wealth and importance of a chief
What is a potlatch?
300
Hot water was used to soften and shape this to make clothing.
What is a cedar tree?