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Kwakiutl traditional clothing  The Kwakiutl traditional clothing  The Kwakiutl men didn’t usually wear any clothes at all. But sometimes they wore breech cloths out of bark. And the women usually wore skirts made out of cedar bark.

Kwakiutl traditional food  Kwakiutl tradition food  Kwakiutl women gathered plants, herbs and clams and did most of the child care and cooking. Men were fishermen and hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their families. Both genders took part in storytelling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine. The Kwakiutl chief was always a man, but the clan leaders could be either men or women.

Kwakiutl traditional houses Kwakiutl houses were up to 50 people and 100 ft. long. The houses are many kinds are adobe houses. Others are earthen and plank houses.

Kwakiutl traditional stories  One of the GREAT stories they made is called the origin of totem poles.

Kwakiutl traditional crafts  Some of the things they made are Wooden masks and totem carvings. They’re famous for their basketry and woodcarving.

Kwakiutl traditional transportation  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. Their most impressive war canoes, which could be more than sixty feet long and withstand ocean storms, who had access to the best cedar trees and were considered the best canoe-makers by the other Northwest Coast. Today, of course, Kwakiutl people also use cars... and non-native people also use canoes.

Kwakiutl  Thank you for letting us make this power point. We hope to make MANY more power points soon.