Kwakiutl BY: Jacob Kennedy and Corbin Reichstein

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Food They hunted on land wolves, black bears, and grizzly bears. They also fished a lot they fished for : porpoises, seals, sea lions, sea otters, whales, sea birds and other verities of sea foul. They also eat mullosks, clams, muscles, oysters, limpets, aldone, crabs, octobus, squid and sea urchins. Eggs from sea gulls and puffins also made a very good meal. Pacific salmon was also a stable food for the Kwakiutl. Eulachon also known as candlefish, was served in small bowls and used to dip other food into.

Shelter Summer villages were built near fishing spots. This was both along the coast and up the river. It was composed of small wooden cabins for temporary use. They were rectangular with long, sloping, or flat roof. Winter villages were built in sheltered locations that offered protection from high winter tides and fierce storms from the Pacific Ocean. These villages consisted of large houses, sometimes elevated on stilts to escape tides. But all homes had doorways facing the beach and ocean. In steep areas, platforms were built to support the homes. Boardwalks were layed around the entire village, in front of houses. The wooden winter homes were made first by frames. Building them took a lot of cooperative efforts. The houses were around 10ft wide, 100ft long and 20ft high. Three posts were put up in the front of the home, three in the center and three in the back. Heavy horizontal beams ran across the axis. Smaller beams ran perpendicular. Frame rafters lashed to beams overlapped with planks and shingles. Walls and roof were structurally separate and could be removed to allow light and ventilation into the home.

Fun facts The Kwakiutl women gathered most of the food that did not go hunting instead they gathered plants, herbs,and clams and did most of the child care and cooking. Men were fishermen and hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their families and the tribe. Both genders took part in storytelling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine. The Kwakiutl chief was always a man, but the clan leaders could be either a man or a women.

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