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Daily Life in Ancient Times
Pacific Northwest Coastal Indians
For Kids & Teachers K-12


What made the Puget Sound Indian tribes "rich" in ancient times? Why were woven mats so important? How did totem poles get started? What's a Potlatch? Find out here! 

REGION: NORTHWEST COASTAL
Oregon, Washington, and north to Alaska


SOME PRINCIPAL TRIBES OF THE NORTHWEST REGION:
Bella Coola, Haida, Kwakiuts, Makah,
Nez Perce, Nisqualli, Nootka, Quinault, Puyallup,
Salish, Snohomish, Spokane, Shuswap, Swinomish, Tlingit, Tsimshian

 
 Puget Sound Indians  
Daily Life Manners Furniture Stories/Games
Longhouse Living Meals Canoes Totem Poles
Woven Mats Baskets Potlatch Clip Art

 

How Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch (Story)

 

Other Regions  

40,000 years ago ...

Iroquois  Anasazi   Pacific Coastal   Homes
Ojibwa/Chippewa  Pueblo Inuit Baskets
Cherokee Hopi Far North Canoes
Seminole Apache Incas Stories
Plains Navajo Mayas Games
Sioux  California   Aztecs Regions
Comparison Chart Symbol Stories Totem Poles Holidays Things to Make & Do  Credits

Some Principal Tribes & Nations


Northeast

Iroquois Nations:
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora

Delaware, Erie, Huron, Illiniwek, Kickapoo, Menominee, Miami,
Mohegan, Narragansett, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Penobscot, Pequot, Potawatomie,
Sauk and Fox, Shawnee, Susquehanna, Wampanoag, Winnebago

Iroquois Nations Daily Life in Olden Times
Ojibwa/Chippewa Daily Life in Olden Times





Southeast

Alibamu, Arkansas, Caddo, Catawba, Cherokee, Chickasaw,
Choctaw, Creek, Natchez, Powhatan, Seminole

Seminole Daily Life in Olden Times
Cherokee Daily Life in Olden Times

Cherokee Origin Story - Ye ho waah (story)





Great Plains

Arapahoe, Arikara, Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche,
Crow, Gros Ventre, Iowa, Kansas, Kiowa, Lakota, Mandan, Omaha,
Osage, Oto, Pawnee, Ponca, Sioux (Dakota), Wichita

Plains People - Daily Life in Olden Times
Sioux Nation Daily Life in Olden Times

The Clever Coyote (Comanche Buffalo Myth)





Southwest  

Pueblo People: (Anasazi)
Acoma, Cochiti, Hopi, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna,
Nambe, Picuris, Pojoaque, Sandia, San Felipe, San Ildefonso,
San Juan, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santo Dimingo, Taos, Tesuque, Zia, Zuni

Apache, Navajo, Papago, Pima, Ute

Daily Life in Olden Times
Anasazi   Pueblo   Hopi   Apache   Navajo  

Child and Water and Little Blue Rock (Apache Myth)





Pacific Northwest

Bella Coola, Haida, Kwakiuts, Makah, Nez Perce, Nisqualli, Nootka,
Quinault, Puyallup, Salish, Snohomish, Spokane, Shuswap,
Swinomish, Tlingit, Tsimshian

Daily Life in the Puget Sound Region




California

Chumash, Diegueno, Hokan, Kamia, Penutian, Miwok,
Mohave, Wintun, Yuma




The Far North

Alaskan Natives, First Nations,
Arctic Inuit, Northern Algonquians, Kutchin








 

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