American Indian of the Pacific Northwest

In 1996 the skeleton of a man was found in the Columbia River near Kennewick Washington

• He is called Kennewick Man

• He is between 9,000 and 9,500 years old

• One of the oldest skeletons ever found in North America

• All of the above

The Paleo Indian moved across North America

• During the last Ice Age

• They were big game hunters

• They hunted mammoths, giant bison and giant sloths

• All of the above

The Salish, Chinook and Makah were

• Native Coastal Indians

• They lived in houses called Longhouses

• Their diet was mostly fish

• All of the above

A Potlatch is is a large feast for the entire village

• Huge celebration hosted by a family to celebrate marriage, birth and death passages.

• A pot for cooking in.

• A lock on a door

Spirituality is a large part of everyday life. Belief in a Supreme Being was common.

• Some groups believed in one god.

• Other people believed in many gods.

• American Indians live close to nature

• All of the above

The Coastal people are famous for their art

• They made wood carvings made from shells, bones and beaver teeth

• They were excellent basket weavers.

• They made baskets from grasses, reeds, cattails and thin strips of cedar bark.

• All of the above

The Plateau people

• Lived between the Pacific Coast and the Great Plains

• They in lived in tepees, which they could move to a new place

• They were semi Nomadic, moved from place to place

• All of the above.

In Plateau Indian groups the men

• Fished and hunted

• Made tools and weapons

• Built the houses

• All of the above

In Plateau Indian Groups women's work was

• Gathering roots and berries

• Driying the meat and fish

• Making the family clothes

• All of the above

Because Plateau Indians spent their time obtaining food, there was little time for art, but

• Babies cradle boards were decorated with beads

• Ordinary clothes could be objects of art, decorated with porcupine quills and beads.

• They made bark canoes from white pine bark

• All of the above