Basic needs
What did the Northwest people mainly eat?
They ate Seafood, Meat, Vegetables.
Who is mount Riener?
He was the ruler of the lake of fire.
What did the northwest people mainly believe in?
They believed in the existence of spirits and soul of all living.
what are the three principal of their language
The three principal ones were Nootka, Coast Salish and Chinook.
What did the mother do for a living
The woman would say home, make items take care of the children and cook.
what did the people wear in the winter/cold weather?
On cold days, cedar bark raincoats, and brimmed hats.
Winter grab including a robe and a blanket
Who is Sasquatch?
The sasquatch is a creater that lives in the woods. the sasquatch may have powers like super strength and invisibility
How do they express theirs belives.
These beliefs are acted out in ceremonies and rituals.
what type of singing did the people do.
the people would do throat singing
What did the man do for a living
The men on the other hand would go out collect food, work, make tools and many other things
Where did the people build their houses?
Usually, homesites and settlements were limited to narrow beach
Most groups built their villages near waterways or the coast.
What happened to Chief Wakiash?
at first he was asamed to not have a dance but the raven gave him a dance.
What instrument did they use for their rituals?
The poeple would use a drum.
What activities did they mostly do?
The people mostly did woodwork including totem poles, canoes, baskets, and containers.
what did the kids do for a living
The children would learn proper etiquette about moral standards and other social traditions such as special rituals songs and prayers.
The women supply years of salmon by drying the fish over a smoky fire and pressed oil from candlefish
What did the evil do when he saw the coyote?
What are the two reason for dancing in the pacific northwest people.
the two dances is the dance for display and distribution of the host's wealth also the midwinter initiation ceremony.
What was the most common food?
The most common food to the northwest people is salmon
What is the earliest arrival of the indigenous northwest coast
The earliest arrival of the Indigenous Northwest Coast groups happened approximately 14,000 years shortly after the last ice age
What did the people hunt?
Their families traveled to the mountain to hunt for deer, elk, mountain goat, and bear.
How did poeple discribe the dark one?
People discribed him as a silent man peering through the portal to another dimension.
what type does the Northwest people do?
the people would do the Ghost Dance and the Grass Dance.
Name all the stuff that the northwest people used from cedar.
They used cedar for construction, technology, and artwork.
what do all the tribes have in common.
All of them share traditions, specific beliefs, and practices