What kind of animals did the kwakiutl's have for transportation?

1. What did the Kwakiutl use for transportation?
2. What animals did the Kwakiutl hunt?
3. Do the Kwakiutl still exist?
4. What animals were hunted by the tribes of the Northwest?
5. What do plank houses look like?
6. What did the Lakota eat?
7. Did the Kwakiutl hunt whales?
8. What was the main source of meat for the Kwakiutl?
9. What did the Iroquois live in?
10. How did the Kwakiutl get their name?
11. How do you pronounce Kwakwaka WAKW?
12. What animal was important to West Coast tribes?
13. What did the Northwest Coast peoples use for transportation?
14. How did the Pacific Northwest use animals?

What did the Kwakiutl use for transportation?

What was Kwakiutl transportation like in the days before cars? Did they paddle canoes? Yes--the Kwakiutl Indian tribe made large dugout canoes by hollowing out cedar logs. The Kwakiutl tribe used these canoes to travel up and down the sea coast for trading, fishing and hunting, and warfare.

What animals did the Kwakiutl hunt?

The Kwakiutl hunted in both the rivers and the forests. They ate beaver, deer, rabbit, and fish. Caribou was a major source of food. They also used the skins, antlers, and bones.

Do the Kwakiutl still exist?

The Kwakiutl people are indigenous (native) North Americans who live mostly along the coasts of British Columbia, which is located in the northwest corner of Canada. Today, there are about 5,500 Kwakiutls living here on the tribe's own reserve, which is land specially designated for Native American tribes.

What animals were hunted by the tribes of the Northwest?

Northwest Coast peoples varied their fish-based diet through hunting and gathering. Families traveled to the mountains, where the men hunted deer, elk, mountain goat, and bear. The women collected bulbs, roots, berries, and seeds.

What do plank houses look like?

The large houses varied in size and ranged from 20 to 60 feet wide and from 50 to 150 feet long. The men split slabs from the straight-grained red cedar trees and stripped off the branches. ... The strong log framework of the Plank House usually consisted of 8 main posts that were peg-joined to 4-6 roof beams.

What did the Lakota eat?

Most of their diet was meat, especially buffalo, elk and deer, which they cooked in pits or dried and pounded into pemmican. The Lakota also collected chokecherries, fruit, and potatoes to eat.

Did the Kwakiutl hunt whales?

The Kwakiutl [16, 17], Tlingit [19], Eyak [22], Nunivak Island Yupik, Aleut, Koryak and Nentsy [24] did not actively hunt whales, but would consume them if a carcass washed ashore. Kwakiutl on the west coast of Vancouver Island, however, are reported to have hunted whale [18].

What was the main source of meat for the Kwakiutl?

Like the Inuit the Kwakiutl did no farming, but unlike the Inuit they had lots of food available. The area they inhabited was very rich in natural resources the Indians could use to survive. Their main source of meat was caribou. They also hunted moose, deer, rabbits, and beaver.

What did the Iroquois live in?

Iroquois people dwelt in large longhouses made of saplings and sheathed with elm bark, each housing many families.

How did the Kwakiutl get their name?

The name Kwakiutl derives from Kwaguʼł—the name of a single community of Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw located at Fort Rupert. The anthropologist Franz Boas had done most of his anthropological work in this area and popularized the term for both this nation and the collective as a whole.

How do you pronounce Kwakwaka WAKW?

The Kwakwaka'wakw (pronounced: KWOK-wok-ya-wokw) of British Columbia have built a rich culture that reflects and acknowledges the riches in our natural environment.

What animal was important to West Coast tribes?

Hunting, both on land and sea, was also an important source of food. At sea this involved hunting whales, sea lion, porpoise, seal and sea otter, while deer, moose and elk were pursued on land. The plentiful supply of all these animals meant that the tribes became prosperous.

What did the Northwest Coast peoples use for transportation?

Masterfully-designed canoes of many sizes and forms were made on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America. They were the main form of transportation for the indigenous people of the area until long after European colonisation.

How did the Pacific Northwest use animals?

All parts of these animals were used for a variety of purposes: meat for food, tallow for medicine, sinew for cordage, bones for tools, hooves for rattles, horns for bowls or spoons, antlers for wedges or flint-knapping tools and hides for clothing or even armor.