Kwakiutl Native Americans
By:Ellie,Jessica,Bobby,
and Grayson
Beliefs and Customs
The Totem Poles represents the
family spirit. It was a tradition to pray to it. They had totem pole
raisings for weddings, funerals, and other celebrations.
Speech makers made important speeches to tell the tribe news. They danced
and prayed to the 12th god.
They created beautiful artwork to honor nature. They lived in clans.They had
parties called potlatches to celebrate how wealthy they were.
Clothing
The Northwest Coast Native Americans made their clothing out of trees.They
also wore cone shaped hats out of cedar bark. To get warm they smeared
themselves with bear grease. They used bark to make cloth. Cloth was also made
out of spruce bark and dog fur.They wore wooden
Masks to celebrate.
Food and beverages
-They caught big fish such as halibut
-Kwakiutl Native Americans got food from
Feast Song
oceans
-Salmon herring, halibut, and cod were some of the fish that they caught. They also
ate clams, seals.
This is halibut, the fish they ate.
-Girls picked berries from the forest
-Men and boys hunted deer, and bears
-The boys and men fished and hunted
Location
They lived along the coast of North America.
The Pacific Ocean is west of the Kwakiutl.
These Northwest Coast Native Americans lived on a
of land that stretches from the southern tip of
Alaska all the way to Northern California.
They lived in British Columbia and Canada.
men/women/children
-Men and boys fished and hunted for food
-Women weaved clothes
-Girls helped their moms with pottery, making clothes, and pick berries
-Men carved out Totem Poles and canoes
-Men made houses
Natural Resources
The most used resource is Cedar wood. They used cedar wood for houses and
canoes.The kwakiutl also used wood for tools.These tools were made from the
wood and they were bows and arrows. They used wood for the bottom of tools,
and used it to carve statues on the wood. They hunted and caught for food. They
used cedar trees to make canoes, houses, and clothing. And they used skins to
make clothing to.
The End