INFORMATION ABOUT THERE LIFE.

NORTH-WEST INDIANS ATE WHALES,SEA OTTERS, SALMON,SEALS,AND FISH.BLACK-TAILED DEER ELK MOUNTAIN GOAT BEAR

THERE ARE 16 DIFFRENT TRIBES IN THE NORTH-WEST INDIANS.

NECKLACES FROM BEAVER TEETH,BEAR CLAWS,CLAMSHELLS,BITS OF ALBACORE.

WOMEN WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE WEAVING, AND THEY MADE CLOTHING, MATS, AND BED SHEETS. FOR WEAVING THE WOMEN USED SOFTENED CEDAR BARK STRIPS OR CATTAILS, WITH COLOURED GRASSES TO ADD COLOUR. THE MATERIALS WERE COLLECTED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AND THEN DRIED. ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS THEY WOVE WAS THE CHILKAT BLANKET.

THE MANDANS LIVED IN EARTH LODGES, FARMED CORN AND WERE AMENABLE TO TRADE WITH AMERICA. THE TETON SIOUX SLEPT IN TEPEES, HUNTED BUFFALO AND GUARDED THEIR TERRITORY FIERCELY AGAINST ANYONE WHO PASSED THROUGH, WHETHER FOREIGN OR INDIAN. SOME TRIBES HAD NEVER SEEN A WHITE OR BLACK MAN BEFORE LEWIS AND CLARK

SINCE IT RAINED A LOT ON THE NORTHWEST COAST, CLOTHING WAS MORE IMPORTANT FOR BLOCKING THE RAIN THAN FOR KEEPING THEM WARM. THEY WORE BARK CAPES AND SPRUCE HATS AS PROTECTION AGAINST THE RAIN.

MOST TOOLS THAT THE NORTHWEST COAST PEOPLE USED WERE MADE OUT OF CEDAR WOOD, STONE, AND SHELLS.

FOR HUNTING THEY USED BOWS AND ARROWS, SNARES, DEADFALLS, AND HARPOONS.

NORTH-WEST INDIANS LIVED NEAR WATER