1. Northwest Coast Indians Kwakiutl

2. www.lafete.org/new/totem/html/ kwakiutl/kwkutl_E/geog_E.htm

3. Climate of the Northwest Coast
Winter
Summer
Maritime climate
Cool and wet
Warm and drier
Average High 42 74
Average Low 33 52
Rainfall
100 inches
Per year

4. Geographic features Mountains Islands Coastline Evergreen forest
Streams, rivers, lakes
qcisland.htm

5. Beliefs Believed in many spirits which lived in plants and animals.
Spirits could give supernatural power to men.
Totem poles told family history

6. Art and Recreation
queen.html
Kwakiutl had leisure time in winter to tell stories, perform songs and dances, carve totems, masks, and murals on the front of buildings

7. Plants and Animals
whales/queen.htm
Evergreen forest of western red cedar, hemlock, Douglas fir
Ocean: salmon, seals, whales, otters
Land: deer, moose, elk, beavers, raccoons, rabbits

8. Housing Large houses made of cedar planks.
Painted family crests on front of their homes.
More than one family lived in a house

9. Clothing Men and women wore cedar-bark or fur robes
Women also wore bark aprons made of cedar bark or goat hair.
Raincoats and hats were made of bark /