Touching Spirit Bear
By, Patricia , Mario, Mahmoud
Alaska Travel Director
By Patricia Lawler
Alaska became a state
January 3rd, 1959.The
current popualtion of alaska
is 722, 718 in 2011.
Alaska to the natives
means main land.
Interesting Facts
Interesting facts:Alaska has 24 hours of day light
24 hours of night, and 3 million lakes. It has
586,400 square miles. Alaska is two times the size
of texas. Alaska has 29 valconoes. Alaska has over
half of the worlds glaicers. Alaksa is the only
state that has coast lines to 3 different seas:
Alantic, Pacific, and Bearing.
Kermode Spirit bear expert
The bear is about 700 pounds and stands 6
feet tall.the spirit bear is a white bear
that eats fish. The spirit bear lives in
north coast british columbia and in
canada. also the spirit bear got its name
by its ghost like appearance. And
sometimes people call the bear a ghost
bear because its appearance.
interesting facts
Spirit bears can live up to 25 years in the
wild.and they can run up to 55 km. Like most
black bears the spirit bear only weighs half a
pound when born. like other bears a spirit
bear is omnivore. also a spirit bear would eat
anything even you!
Circle of Justice
Native Americans use circle justice to use healing in their own punishment for a crime. This started in Canada and is used
The circle of justice is
something that you use as a
punishment. Its just like
bringing criminals to jail or
to " justice ".
The indians use the circle of justice to put there
wrongdoers in the circle of justice. In other tribes
Why the Native Americans Used It
The indians use the circle of justice
to put there wrongdoers in the circle
of justice. In other tribes they allow
others to join their circle.
Some Facts About the Circle of
Justice
The native Americans started usuing it in
1995.
They have been usuing it for 17 years now.
One rule is if you join the circle of justice
you can quit.
Another rule is that you have to do helpful
stuff for about 10 days
Tlingit indian ambassador how Native american Indians
of the pacific Northwestern depend on the sea
To the Indians of the Pacific Northwest Coast,
the sea was not just a way of life, but life
itself. The coast gave rise to many different
cultures, each with their own languages,
beliefs, designs, and routines.
What Indians think about trees
Compare ways Native American societies used
the natural environment for food, ... tree bark tribe
a group of Indian families living together in a
geographic region.The cedar tree itself is also of
great importance to many Native American
tribes, particularly on the Northwest Coast. The
bark of willow trees has been an important
medicinal herb since ancient times in nearly all
corners of the world (salicylic acid, which comes
from willow bark, is the original source aspirin was
derived from,) including many different Native
American cultures.
Interesting facts
In Canada, there are two separate Tlingit communities,
called Masset and Skidegate. Each has its own reserve,
or reservation.
Almost all Tlingit people speak English today, but some
Tlingits, especially elders, also speak their native Tlingit
language.
Tlingit women gathered plants and herbs and did most
of the child care and cooking. Men were fishermen and
hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their
families.
More interesting facts
The Tlingits lived in rectangular cedar-plank houses
with bark roofs. Usually these houses were large (up to
100 feet long) and each one housed several families
from the same clan (as many as 50 people.)
Tlingit men usually wore only breech cloths and the
women only short skirts made of cedar bark.
Yes--the Tlingit Indian tribe was made dugout canoes
by hollowing out spruce and cedar logs. The Tlingit tribe
used these canoes to travel up and down the sea coast
for trading, fishing and hunting, and warfare.