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The Kwakiutl Indians

The Kwakiutl Indians. F ood. The Kwakiutl ate fish, hunted deer. They didn’t grow anything. The woman had a part and collected shellfish, seaweed, and berries. The Kwakiutl fished the most out of any thing. They mostly caught salmon and see animals in there canoes. Tools and weapons.

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The Kwakiutl Indians

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  1. The Kwakiutl Indians

  2. Food • The Kwakiutl ate fish, hunted deer. • They didn’t grow anything. • The woman had a part and collected shellfish, seaweed, and berries. • The Kwakiutl fished the most out of any thing. They mostly caught salmon and see animals in there canoes.

  3. Tools and weapons • The Kwakiutl used harpoons, nets, and fish traps made out of wood. • They used bows, spears, and war clubs for hunting. • Kwakiutl warriors wore armor made out of rods to protect them from enemy archers.

  4. Kwakiutl crafts • Kwakiutl are known for there fine woven baskets. • They are also known for wood carving masks and totem carvings. • There is a whole website about Kwakiutl dance masks

  5. Clothing. • Kwakiutl used deer skin and fur for clothing. • They also used feathers for head bands. • They would use fish skin. • For shoes they used wood for the bottom and plants for the top!

  6. Transportation. • On land they traveled by walking and horses. • When they traveled on water they used canoes made out of cedar logs. • also they used canoes for fishing, trading, hunting, and warfare.

  7. Family life. • The children go to school, help around the house, go hunting or fishing with their father. • Women gathered plants, or herds, and clams. • both men and women took their part in story telling.

  8. language • The real name for Kwakiutl is kwakwaka’wakw. • Kwakwaka’wakw means the people who speak kwak’wala . • 4 % of kwakiutl speak Kwakiutls native language.

  9. What contributions have kwakiutl made to the present day? • They used pots to cook in like we do today. • They used weapons like we do today like bow and arrows. • They used canoes like we do today!

  10. Ceremonies • There was a date In winter where they would have numerous ceremonies. • Also in winter there was a ceremony that greeted new members of the tribe.

  11. bibliography • Slide 2 isfrom http://www.radford.edu/~csutphin/EDET%20640/kwakiutl.htmn • Slide 3, and 4 are from http://bigorrin.org/kwakiutl_kids.htm • Slide 5, 6, 7 are from http://sites.google.com/a/balboamagnet.com/kwakiutl-dsigler/clothing 9 and 10 are from http://www.mnsu.edu/emusem/cultral/northamerica/kwakiutl

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