By:Ellie,Jessica,Bobby, and Grayson Kwakiutl Native Americans By:Ellie,Jessica,Bobby, and Grayson

Beliefs and Customs The Totem Poles represents the family spirit. It was a tradition to pray to it. They had totem pole raisings for weddings, funerals, and other celebrations. Speech makers made important speeches to tell the tribe news. They danced and prayed to the 12th god. They created beautiful artwork to honor nature. They lived in clans.They had parties called potlatches to celebrate how wealthy they were.

Clothing The Northwest Coast Native Americans made their clothing out of trees.They also wore cone shaped hats out of cedar bark. To get warm they smeared themselves with bear grease. They used bark to make cloth. Cloth was also made out of spruce bark and dog fur.They wore wooden Masks to celebrate.

Food and beverages -They caught big fish such as halibut -Kwakiutl Native Americans got food from oceans -Salmon herring, halibut, and cod were some of the fish that they caught. They also ate clams, seals. -Girls picked berries from the forest -Men and boys hunted deer, and bears -The boys and men fished and hunted Feast Song This is halibut, the fish they ate.

Location They lived along the coast of North America. The Pacific Ocean is west of the Kwakiutl. These Northwest Coast Native Americans lived on a of land that stretches from the southern tip of Alaska all the way to Northern California. They lived in British Columbia and Canada.

men/women/children -Men and boys fished and hunted for food -Women weaved clothes -Girls helped their moms with pottery, making clothes, and pick berries -Men carved out Totem Poles and canoes -Men made houses

Natural Resources The most used resource is Cedar wood. They used cedar wood for houses and canoes.The kwakiutl also used wood for tools.These tools were made from the wood and they were bows and arrows. They used wood for the bottom of tools, and used it to carve statues on the wood. They hunted and caught for food. They used cedar trees to make canoes, houses, and clothing. And they used skins to make clothing to.

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