Northwest Coast Indians Kwakiutl http://www.leemannphotography.com/notecards2/1379%20Queen%20Charlotte%20Islands.jpg
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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
Geographic features Mountains Islands Coastline Evergreen forest Streams, rivers, lakes www.bluewateradventures.ca/ qcisland.htm
Beliefs Believed in many spirits which lived in plants and animals. Spirits could give supernatural power to men. Totem poles told family history www.canadian-adventure-rentals.com/images/gallery/Queen%20Charlotte%20Islands.html
Art and Recreation www.coppersky.bc.ca/ 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
Plants and Animals www.bcadventure.com/adventure/ whales/queen.htm www.canadian-adventure-rentals.com/images/gallery/ThumbsIndex1.html Evergreen forest of western red cedar, hemlock, Douglas fir Ocean: salmon, seals, whales, otters Land: deer, moose, elk, beavers, raccoons, rabbits
Housing Large houses made of cedar planks. Painted family crests on front of their homes. More than one family lived in a house www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/kuakiutl.html
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 /www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/kuakiutl.html