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Homes The Northwest Coast Indians lived in large rectangular houses. There were thirty to forty people living in the house. The houses were made by large beams planked on the sides. The tree trunks in front of the houses were carved into totem poles. All houses were facing the ocean, declared by the display of the crests on the portal poles. When the Northwest Indians Built there homes to live in that was there permanent settlement. By: Brianna  [] []

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Clothes The Indians wore little clothes. The men wore basketry or fur hat. They also wore Fiber rain capes, skin robes, and breech clouts. The women wore fringed cedar-bark or goat skin aprons. Also they wore String aprons, basketry hats, rain capes, and sleeveless jackets. There Fiber clothes were made from woven strips of bark from trees. By: Brianna

//Art // The Northwest Coast Indians made basketry, the did woodcarving, made ceremonial masks, and totem poles. There are six different main types of totem poles. There are Heraldic totem poles which are for proclaimed social standing of the chief or the head of the house. It is like a family crest. There are Memorial totem poles which are generally in memory for a deceased chief. Shame totem poles are to show ridicule or discredit by a chief for haven broken his word or acted in a dishonorable manor. A Potlatch totem pole is to show a feast, it is the tallest, and it is to display wealth and power.

By: Amber



Where they Lived The Northwest Coast indians lived along present day Alaska to Northern California alon the Pacific coast. The Area was thickly wooded, and there was haevy rainfall, and temperate climate. The forests were very dark and damp. By: Amber ​ Food Northwest Coast ate Shellfish for the most part. Seaweed they collected from the sea, kelp from the sea. Also Salmon, Halibut, walrus, seals, and seagulls. They also hunted deer and black bear. They collected many types of berries, like black berries, blue berries, wild strawberries etc. Most tribes wouldn’t eat bear, deer, coyote, gray fox, marten, and frogs. They used many tools such as spears, knives, clubs, snares, bows, and Toh-yoh’s(arrows), dig pits, canoes, paddles, and hooks. **By: Brooke Shepard **



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<span style="color: #f448e2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rituals : <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Northwest coast Indians do rituals such as 'potlatch.' Potlatches were large ceremonies that included song, dance, and the giving of gifts. The event was controlled by the high chief of the of the long house. Potlatches are were tribes give away food and wealth as gifts. Potlatches were social ceremonies that a member of the tribe hosted to move up in the social class. Such as becoming Head Chief. They were mostly held to mark a significant even in his family like, the birth of a child or a son's first marriage. Sometimes people go to potlatches to receive gifts and money. Most native northwest coast tribes had potlatches such as Nuu-chah-nulth, Coast Salish, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Hai da, Nootka, Tsimshian, and Tlingit. These events were held either inside large longhouses.

//Work Cited:Brooke Shepard, http://foragers.wikidot.com/northwest-coast-indians#toc9 http://www.peabody2.fas.harvard.edu/potlatch/page2.html http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312610/Northwest%20Coast%20Indians/food.html//