1. NORTHWEST COAST
By: Emma, Carleigh, Keaton, Jessica, Justin, Morgan

2. FOOD/AGRICULTURE No agriculture
Seafood: salmon, seal, shellfish, crab, lingcod, halibut, herring eulachon
Different spawn time
Dried and smoked
Intertidal food: stick and baskets
Valuable oils
Seasonal rounds

3. CLOTHING Animal leather, wool or soft cedar
Not much clothing-only in rain/winter/dances
Masks represent animals

4. SHELTER Many different sizes Made of cedar Small portable, large fixed
Winter and Summer homes
Decorated totem poles
Winter homes special design

5. GEOGRAPHY Located in rainforest like climates
Harsh winters, warm seasons
Transported themselves through canoes
Hold up to 50 people
2x20 m long
Queen Charlotte to Victoria- Haida 480 km
Whale hunt- Nuu-Chah-Nulth

6. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION PT.1
Less ridged
Rise in ranks was easy
Little slaves
Social class: chief, nobles, commoners, slaves
Wealthy held potlatch
Potlatch held big event

7. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION PT.2
Nobles poor
Potlatch=rivalry
Inherit from family
Provided labor
Performed menial tasks
Slave slaughter
Clans/Ranks

8. CONTACT WITH OTHERS
Little to none
Not required
Only slaves

9. OTHER INFO/TERMS Art, dance, totem pole, stories
Totem pole=spiritual ancestor, face of clan
Transforming raven
Different tribes: Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Nuxalk, Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth

10. Bibliography
"Northwest coast" Canada A Country by Consent: Native Peoples-web-06,Oct, 2014
Cranny Michel. "The Native Peoples of Canada" crossroads: A meeting of nations. Scarborough, Ont:prentice Hall Ginn Canada,
Findlay, Heather, Anna, Sajecki and Melisa Bremer. “The Northwest Coastal People – Religion / Ceremonies / Art/ Clothing.” The Northwest Coastal People – Religion / Ceremonies / Art / Clothing. N.P, n.d. Web. 27.Oct < groups/fp nwc5.html>
Johnson, Michael, and Jane Burkinshaw. Native tribes of the North and Northwest Coast. Milwaukee, WI: World Almanac Library, Print.