Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest

A long spear with sharp shell points

• harpoon

• bow and arrow

• axe

• economy

A large wooden rectangular house sometimes up to 60 feet long

• longhouse

• teepee

• hogan

• igloo

tall posts usually showing one or more characters. The characters represented different animals or spirits, and together they told a story

• Totem pole

• potlach

• barter

• harpoon

extended family

• clan

• network

• barter

• potlach

the way people of a state, region, or country use resources to meet their needs

• economy

• network

• barter

• potlach

trading goods and ideas to be passed from village to village over very long distances

• economy

• network

• barter

• potlach

exchange goods or trade

• barter

• potlach

• economy

• network

celebration to show wealth, it also meant to "give"

• potlach

• barter

• network

• economy

This tribe hunted whales by capturing only whales that were stranded on the shore.

• Kwakiutl

• Makah

• Pueblo

• Hopi

This tribe hunted whales by making dugout canoes to hunt whales at sea.

• The Makah

• The Kwakiutl

• The Pueblo

• The Maya