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The Pacific Coast First Nations

Modern issue

Diabetes in First Nation population compared to the general population. the Reasons for the different rate of Type 2 Diabetes between First Nation and the general population include a complex combination of environmental (lifestyle, diet, poverty)

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Use of bark

The uses of bark for the pacific coast were canoes, masks, totem poles, tablecloths, baskets and clothes. Other things they made with bark are woven mats, wooden chests and containers.

Transportation

Totem poles

To get around the Pacific coast first nation used canoes and walked to get were they needed to go. There are three different kinds of canoes dug out canoes ceder canoes and wooden canoes.

There were many kinds of totem poles. The memorial poles were build when a chief died. The house portal pole was erected at the door of the home, telling all those who entered the inhabitant's lineage. These poles had large holes at their base that acted like a door way. Some crests were sometimes called totems.

HUNTING

Principal Tribes

It was important that the canoes are seaworthy because hunters went to sea to catch whales , fish and seals. Out side of the water they hunted Elk.

fishing was the main form of food gathering for the pacific coast first nations. They used dip nets made from mettle fibers that were attached to wooden frames. The nets were used to catch salmon, herring and smelt. Harpooning, trapping and baited hooks were also techniques used to catch fish.

Clothes

There were six principal tribes of Pacific Coast First Nations. The most northerly tribe was the Haida. Tsimshian was the next one. Nootka, Coast Salish, Kwakiutl and Bella Coola that is all the tribes

The pacific coast first nations did not often were clothes because of the temperature.

In the rainy season tribes wore a variations of capes these capes were woven from and or roots striped to produce a soft fiber.

Food

Ceremonies and Beliefs

Jobs of the pacific coast first nation woman

All Pacific coast people believed in the salmon people. Salmon was important in their lives. They believed salmon were really supernatural people who lived in the waters. Winter was a favorite time for ceremonies.

Secret societies preformed the ritual dramas and dances. Carved masks played an important role in the festivals, as did puppets and fire. The potlatch was a ceremony shared by all the pacific coast first nations.

The feast was one of dancing and presents were given to invite guests. The chief who held the potlatch was considered high in the social status, and the more material things he distributed, the wealthier he was believed to be.

Housing

The food sources for the pacific coast first nations were berries. Oil was an important part of the first nations diet. It made the dry fish easier to eat and kept the berries from rotting and helped make up for the small amount of starch in the natives diet. One of the best oil sources was eulachon.Eulachon is a fish about 15 cm long packed with oil. The nickname for it is candle fish because if lit, it burned end to end like a candle.

The woman of the tribes were responsible for catching things like shellfish, clams, periwinkle, abalone, mussels and oysters. To pry the shells open they used a hard wooden stick. Fish was their main food source. The fish was dried or smoked and then stored for later meals. collecting oil was an interesting choir..

Housing of the pacific coast first nations was mostly villages of about seven hundred people in one village. Another type of housing they had was lodges and mobile lodges. Inside the villages and or lodges they had hearths, they were used for cooking. They also had mats that were woven from ceder bark. Wooden chests were common and inside they put possessions such as oil, ceremonial masks, whale blubber and clothes. Often clan crests were carved into the tops and at the sides, making them a true work of art.

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