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 North Western Indians

Location  Tribes Culture They exploited rich resources easily. There culture was heavily based on family, kinship, and oratory. Wealth and economic power were important indicators of ones status. They made objects we still use today such as spoons and storage boxes. [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlingit#Culture]
 * territory stretched from southern Alaska to northern California American history Textbook
 * Coos, Bella Coola, Tlingit, and these were the major American History Textbook
 * High ranking people participated in potlatch
 * they lived on large perinamt settle ment because they had so much food American History Textbook
 * The social structure was chiefs, shamans, an aristocracy, commoners, and slaves. []

Food Vocabulary Potlatch - a ceremony were people shower each other in gifts such as canoes, cloth, and fur. American History Textbook Click Here []. []
 * They only hunted and gathered although they stayed on large permanent settlements. They ate hunted deer, bear, fished for salmon, and gather berries and roots, snd also had some farming.. American History Textbook