Week 3 - American Indians of the Pacific NorthWest

How did tribes of the Pacific Northwest use cedar trees?

• to build homes, tools, totem poles, canoes and clothing

• as things to eat

• building treehouses to watch for whales

• to guard their potato gardens

This was used as a source of light because of its natural oils

• potlatch

• candlefish

• Chinook

• totem pole

Made of long pieces of cedar timber, these were used craeted to symbolize relkationships with animals and traditional stories

• totem poles

• Clatsops

• potlaches

• clans

This Makah village was preserved by a mudslide as it was for thousands of years

• Seattle

• Ozette

• Longhouse

• Alaskan Coast

Makah families showed their wealth and power by....

• hosting potlatch celebrations

• making tools

• totem poles

• fishing

This mountain range makes up the border with the Pacific Northwest region

• Rocky

• Appalachian

• Alps

• Cascades

These are all reasons for the Pacific Northwest tribes building totem poles EXCEPT this

• Honoring relationships with animals

• Telling traditional stories

• Honoring family members

• Supporting local sports teams

Makah tribespeople lived in these

• caves

• boats

• plankhouses

• pithouses

Tribes thrived or were successful in the Pacific Northwest because of this.

• Bigfoot was their teacher in the ways of the wild

• Nightly UFO sightings often inspired traditional storytelling

• Bigfoot was wise and able to share advice on the local food scene

• The temperate climate was abundant with food and natural resources.

Tribes of the Pacific Northwest hunted these enormous sea going mammals.

• raccoons

• hamsters

• guinea pigs

• whales