NORTHWEST

LOCATION

• Big forest covered a lot of the northwest land
• They lived from Alaska from Northern California
• The northwest Indians were bordered by oceans to the west and mountains to the east
• The coastlines has a lot of bays and islands

TRIBES

• Makah
• Chinook
• Tlingit

MAKAH

• They are people of the northwest
• They have their own everything
• Makah means generous
• They lived in 7 big villages
• They got most of their food by fishing and hunting

CHINOOK INDIANAS

• They are people of the Northwest
• They divided into three groups
• The Wheatley had their own group and more belongings
• They made their living by trading fishing and gathering berries and roots
• They had their own language

TLINGLIT

• They lived along the coast of southwestern
• They made their clothes from cedar bark
• In the winter they made cedar bark blankets and stayed inside
• They lived in large houses for all the families
• They fished, hunted, and gathered berries they also smoked,and pickled their food

POTLATCH

• A potlatch is a feast that the northwest Indians had
• Potlatches had a surplus of food
• Potlatches are different for every clan
• Potlatches celebrated important events such as marriage and a building of a house

CLIMATE

• In the winter it was cold so the made a lot of clothes from cedar park
• In winter it was very cold
• Even in the summer it was hot they mostly always did not wear clothes
• Summer was burning hot

FOOD RESOURCES

• The northwest Indians hunted and gathered everything they needed
• They hunted deer, elks, bears, and goose
• They gathered seasonal berries and roots from the forest
• Salmon and wood was an important resources

CLOTHING

• They made their clothing from cedar bark
• They wore basket hats
• Women wore skirts
• Men wore breech clothing or no clothes

TOTEM POLES

• The totem poles tell the history of the people who lived their
• They used the totem poles to mark the entrance of their houses
• A lot of American Indians painted and carved totem poles
• A totem pole was shaped in a fish, bird, or plant

HOUSES

• They had a fireplace in the middle so people can talk to each other
• They had dividers for each family
• Each family had their own space
• They had long houses

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