1. Native Americans of the PNW
Coastal Indians

2. Coastal Indians Agenda Preview Objective Notes on Coastal Indians
15 minutes to complete essay

3. Coastal Indians Preview of week Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Coyote Tales essay due
One native’s critique of Migrational Hypotheses
Coastal Indians (p. 94 – 114)
Wednesday
Coastal Indians finish (p. 94 – 114)
Thursday
Plateau Indians (p. 94 – 114)
Friday
Plateau Indians finish (p. 94 – 114)

4. Coastal Indians Location Place West of Cascades Permanent villages
Small, isolated
Near water sources
What is the coastal climate like?

5. Coastal Indians Tribal units Chehalis Chinook Clallam Cowlitz Lummi
Makah
Nooksack

6. Coastal Indians Tribal/Political Structure Tribe
Covered multiple villages
Included multiple clans
Clan: groups of related people (families)
Primary political unit
Permanent winter village
A leader in each town (usually male)
Each clan also had a leader

7. Coastal Indians Language Very diverse
45 distinct (if you include Canadian groups)
In WA: spoke Salish

8. Coastal Indians Social Organization
Males hunt/fish/hold political office
Females care for children and gather roots, fruits and berries
Three-tiered class system
Nobility (chiefs and their peers)
Commoners
Slaves

9. Coastal Indians Warfare Somewhat common Raids on other villages
Surprise attacks
Kill men
Take women and children as slaves
Wooden armor was used for protection

10. Coastal Indians Marriage Usually arranged (remember Celilo?)
Economic/political alliances
Strengthen ties between other clans or tribes

11. Coastal Indians Clothing
Summer time: Males wore cloths; Females wore skirts
Winter time: capes, ponchos, robes, blankets
Made from grass, cedar bark (vocab), dog hair

12. Cedar bark skirt
P. 99

13. Coastal Indians Diet Cod Whale (Makah video) Shellfish Salmon
Waterfowl (ducks, geese)
Otter
Deer
Seal
Elk
Razor clams
Bear
Oysters
Mountain sheep
Smelt
Mountain goats
Abalone
Halibut

14. Coastal Indians Shelter Long house/plank house (vocab)
feet long
Multiple families

15. Coastal Indians
Transportation
Walking
Canoes
Horses (rarely)

16. Coastal Indians Tools and Implements Horns Animal bone and hair Wood
Rock
Grass
Shells
Adzes (vocab)
Spears
Clubs

17. Coastal Indians Recreation Athletic Races (canoe/foot) Wrestling
Archery
Riding
Throwing
Gambling (not so athletic)

18. Coastal Indians Religion Animism (vocab)
Later: Christianity (Catholic , Protestant, Shakers)

19. Coastal Indians Potlatch (vocab) Usually held in winter
Celebrate: birth, puberty, marriage, funeral
Demonstrate wealth by giving
Destroy some things to impress guests
Challenge potlatches (competition to see who is better)
Could be held by one family or entire villages