Post on 02-Jan-2016
Pacific Northwest By: Grace Mohlin, Vincent Randazzo, Nicholas Metro, Jake Metzner, Jordan Mirabile, Maci O’Donnell
Directory • Location• Slide 3
• Tribes• Slide 4
• Environment • Slide 5
• Housing• Slide 6
• Food• Slide 7
• Religion• Slide 8
Location• Lived on the ocean coast•Further inland than most maps show
• Rocky Mountains – source of isolation• Blocked other existing tribes
• From people who had once lived in Siberia – tribes spilt into hundreds more with many different traditions
Environment• Lived near an abundance of cedar
trees•Trees – housing, clothing, canoes, and totem poles
• On the coast •Home to bears and seals• Also many fish, otters, and whales
• The ocean and forest proved to be useful.
Housing• Lived in giant houses made of cedar
trees – “longhouses”•Called them “Big Houses”•Over 50 feet wide •Over 100 feet long
Food• Endless supply of fish •Salmon – staple fish source
• Northwestern Tribes – seals, sea otters, and whales• No source agriculture – well enough
supply of ocean goods