The Coastal People'

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The Coastal People.

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Where They Lived

• The people of the coast lived on the coast. (duh)
• The section of the coast where they lived
  stretched from Northern California to Alaska.

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Climate

• Their climate was marine.
• Marine is wet and mild.
• The reason it was so wet was because of the sea
  breezes, which blew the clouds over the land and
  made it rain.

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Vegetation

• The most dominant type of trees were the
  evergreens.
• Cedar was the most important.
• It provided clothes, shoes canoes, and much more!

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Houses

• The coastal people lived in huge houses made out
  of wooden planks. These were called long houses.
• There was usually a fire in the center to keep
  the house warm and cooking.
• An opening was at the top so that air could get
  out.

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Transportation

• They used their legs. What else could they use?
• If youre thinking of horses, thats the plateau
  people.
• They used canoes made out of cedar to travel over
  the water.

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Natural resources

• Water was used for drinking.
• Animal hides were used to make clothing

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Food

• Salmon was an important part of their diet.
• It could be dried or smoked for later use.
• Some other foods were Shellfish, Deer, muscles,
  and berries.

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Tribes

• Clallam
• Quinault
• Nooksack
• Chinook
• Chehalis
• Puyallup
• Hoh
• Cowlitz
• Nisqually
• Suquamish

• Sammamish
• Klallam
• Duwamish
• Skagit
• Makah
• Lummi
• Snoqualmie
• Ozette
• Muckleshoot
• Queets

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Skills used for hunting and fishing

• Building
• Strength
• Bravery
• Craftsmanship
• Stone working

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Knowledge used for hunting and fishing

• The proper way of thanking the spirits,
• Where to fish
• What types of fish are good to eat.
• How to handle a spear

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Stewards of the environment

• Native Americans have always taken care of the
  environment.
• The land in their time was covered in lush,
  beautiful forests
• They were the best human stewards on earth.
• They still are.

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Stewards of the environment(Today)

• Pollution has taken over the world.
• The environment is slowly dying because of holes
  in the ozone layer.
• You can make a difference.

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Bibliography

• Pelz, Ruth. The Washington Adventure. 1. Layton,
  UT Gibbs Smith, 2004.

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