1. Native People In Northwest Coast
Inside this PowerPoint you will learn about:
The cultural significance of clothing (Nika)
What did they wear? (Ryan)
How the environment affected them? (Ayden)
Housing style (Ryan)
What materials did they use for their clothing? (Elias)

2. The culture of The Nootka of Vancouver Island
- Very competitive in: wealth,   -Collected carved wooden heads and trophies of war               -thought to serve a symbolic purpose - Were headhunters               - attacked at night/dawn while the victims were asleep

3. Clothing (Nootka) War chief Most warriors went into battle Kids Women
Cedar-bark corselet
Cedar-bark loincloth
Bearskin cloak
Carrying stone and bone club  
Most warriors went into battle
Naked
Kids
Women
Woven bark skirt and cape

4. Environment the Nootka lived in
The Nootka Tribe lived on the West Coast.
            -Vancouver Island
            -Canada
            -northwest portion of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington
The Nootka people ate many different types of fish
             -salmon, halibut, herring and cod
             -They also ate crab apples, roots, berries and ferns.

5. The Culture of the Makah
Were the only true whale hunters in the Northwest Coast
Are relied to the Nootka and Quileute
People from western Vancouver Island & Olympic Peninsula launched expeditions         
        -up to 10 canoes
        - Trained and prayed for success for their expeditions
        -Struck whales as close as 3 feet
Whale meat & oil divided among entire village

6. Clothing (Makah) Whalers Men Women Naked Breechcloth
Cedar-bark or grass short skirts
Tule rush capes
Wore fur cloaks and tunics
winter

7. Environment the Makah lived in
owned the Makah Indian Reservation on the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula.
         -it includes Tatoosh Island
They live in the town of Neah Bay, Washington.
          -a small fishing village along the Strait of Juan de Fucawhere

8. Clothing (Kwakiutl) Costumes Little or no clothing
Suited for climate
Little or no clothing
Mild
Garments of woven cedar bark trimmed with fur
Winter

9. Clothing (Tlingit) Wide-brimmed rain hats Cedar-bark loincloths
Fur cape
Wooden lip-plugs
Shell nose-ornaments

10. Environment of Native Canada
The environment that they lived in was flush with vegetation.
they used split logs for homes
Had lots of flowing water.
There was lots of mountains.
so they couldn’t farm.
Had fresh air. 
Mainly lived next to water so they could fish.
fish=long term food source.
They are using the mountains for stone gathering.
they use stone for tools.
they use stones for extra reinforcement.

11. In the valleys there was flat land.
area to build villages
wasn’t flat enough for farms
There was good terrain.
no rock formations out of the ground
They used all local resources.
Wood and Stone was used.
Totems marked the tribe territory's.
They had animal farms depending on where they lived.
They couldn’t make ordinary farms due to un-even land.

12. Housing Style 'Longhouses' or 'Big houses'
constructed out of cedar planks
Grouped in villages marked by totem poles.
feet long and feet wide
Housed several families.

13. What materials did they use for their clothing?
Native Americans clothing was made from animal Hide.
Many kind of tribes such as the Cherokee and Iroquois used deerskin.
While the Plains Indians, who were the bison hunters, used buffalo pelt and the Inuit from Alaska they used seal blubber or caribou pelt.
Some tribes learned how to make clothing from plants or weaving thread.
 The Nootka who learned how to make woven blankets and tunics, and the Seminole of Florida.
The Nootka clothing involved three basic clothing like: An oblong rope of cedar bark that could be dressed as a cloak, a skirt or a toga triangle rain cape; and a conical woven hat.