Northwest Coast Peoples

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How were the NWC peoples different from other Native American peoples?

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They did not practice agriculture.

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What did Northwest Coast Peoples use to build their houses?

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cedar

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a type of cloth or woven fabric

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textile

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a gathering of people that includes feasting and gifts

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potlatch

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an area of land set aside for Native American settlement

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reservation

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an object, believed to have spiritual significance, used as the symbol of a clan

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totem

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a rite of passage in which young people discover their life's purpose

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spirit quest

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the basic material from which a product is made

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raw material

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resistance to disease or illness

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immunity

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a state in which all members of a group or species have died

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extinction