COAST SALISH

COAST SALISH

SHELTER

• Built in bays where they were sheltered from the she river
• Firepit was in the middle
• No windows only one door

FOOD/TOOLS

• Salmon(eaten or dried for winter)
• Clams(women dug them up,removed shells and smashed them)
• Tools.Red cedar"tree of life"(made canoes,houses,clothing,baskets, And tools from it)
• Knifes made from shells

TRANSPORTATION

• One was large to travel a long distance in salt water
• There was two kinds of canoes to fish

ABORIGINAL ARTS

BELIEFS

• Elders were respected
• They had a potlach which was a ceremonial feast with food,dancing and gift giving
• They respected the earth🇨🇦
• They hououred food

CLOTHING

• Men wore breech cloth in the summer(small covering made from red-cedar bark or deer skin)
• Woman wore knee length skirts(wool,deerskin or shredded bark

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