COASTAL SALISH

FOOD

• Salmon
• Clams
• Oysters
• Smelt oil
• Fish
• Soapberrie

CLOTHING

• Men wore a breechcloth
• In the winter they wore shirts leggings
• They used fur from small animals
• Woman wore knee length shirt
• Full raw animal skin with fur
• Decorated their clothes with fur, and animal teeth

BELIEFS

• Elders were respected
• They had a potlach
• They respected the earth
• They hououred foot
• They had a first salman
• Drumming was importan
• They carved totem poles

SHELTER

• Built in bays where they were sheltered from the river
• Lived in longhouses made from ceder which protected
• No windows only one door

TRANSPORTATION

• They used canoes to fish and visit others
• There was two kinds of conoes
• one was large to travel long distance in salt water

THE ARTS

• Coast Salish art
• Coast Salish art includes and weaving
• Coast Salish use trigon crescent oval and u-shapes in their art

TOOLS

• Red cedar / tree
• Weir
• Spear
• Knives
• Sharp wood