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

Tribes•Neighboring Tribes•Nez Perce•Haida•Chinook•Makah

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

Religion• Totem Poles – played large part in

their religious lives•Told stories• Creation story

• Nature – had a spirit and story