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What did the Kwakiutl Indians wear?
Women would make short skirts for themselves out of cedar bark, while Kwakiutl men usually wore nothing at all, though some would wear loincloths. In the winter, both men and women layered up. They would wear moccasins on their feet and long shirts and cloaks made of bark and deerskin.
What human resources did the Kwakiutl use?
People who fished, made clothing, and hunted animals were examples of human resources. The canoes, bows, and spears American Indians made were examples of capital resources.
How did the Native Americans adapt their clothing to the environment?
They used animal skins (deerskin) as clothing. Shelter was made from the material around them (saplings, leaves, small branches, animal fur). Native peoples of the past farmed, hunted, and fished. They used natural resources such as rock, twine, bark, and oyster shell to farm, hunt, and fish.
What did the Kwakiutl Indians use for clothing?
The Kwakiutl Indians use deer skin and deer fur for their clothing. Also they use turkey feathers for their head bands.For their earings they would use fish skin. For their shoes, they would use pieces of wood for
Why are the Kwakwaka wakw called the Kwakiutl?
We have been called the Kwakiutl ever since 1849, when the white people came to stay in our territories. It was a term then applied to all the Kwakwaka’wakw—that is, all of the people who speak the language Kwakwala.
What was a totem pole in the Kwakiutl tribe?
The Kwakiutl Clans would construct totem poles, which showed family legends, events, or symbols. Made of wood and carved with figures of animals or people, totem poles became family identification symbols. A totem can be the symbol of a tribe, clan, family or individual.
What kind of houses did the Kwakiutl Indians live in?
The Kwakiutls lived in coastal villages of rectangular cedar-plank houses with bark roofs. Usually these houses were large (up to 100 feet long) and each one housed several familes from the same clan (as many as 50 people.)