THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS

Food

The Kwakiutl ate fish, hunted deer. They didn’t grow anything. The woman had a part and collected

shellfish, seaweed, and berries. The Kwakiutl fished the most out of any

thing. They mostly caught salmon and see animals in there canoes.

Tools and weapons

The Kwakiutl used harpoons, nets, and fish traps made out of wood.

They used bows, spears, and war clubs for hunting.

Kwakiutl warriors wore armor made out of rods to protect them from enemy archers.

Kwakiutl crafts

Kwakiutl are known for there fine woven baskets.

They are also known for wood carving masks and totem carvings.

There is a whole website about Kwakiutl dance masks

Clothing.

Kwakiutl used deer skin and fur for clothing.

They also used feathers for head bands.

They would use fish skin. For shoes they used wood for the

bottom and plants for the top!

Transportation.

On land they traveled by walking and horses.

When they traveled on water they used canoes made out of cedar logs.

also they used canoes for fishing, trading, hunting, and warfare.

Family life.

The children go to school, help around the house, go hunting or fishing with their father.

Women gathered plants, or herds, and clams.

both men and women took their part in story telling.

language The real name for Kwakiutl is

kwakwaka’wakw.

Kwakwaka’wakw means the people who speak kwak’wala .

4 % of kwakiutl speak Kwakiutls native language.

What contributions have kwakiutl made to the present day?

They used pots to cook in like we do today.

They used weapons like we do today like bow and arrows.

They used canoes like we do today!

Ceremonies

There was a date In winter where they would have numerous ceremonies.

Also in winter there was a ceremony that greeted new members of the tribe.

bibliography Slide 2 is from http://www.radford.edu/~csutphin/EDET%20640/kwakiutl.htmn

Slide 3, and 4 are from http://bigorrin.org/kwakiutl_kids.htm Slide 5, 6, 7 are from

http://sites.google.com/a/balboamagnet.com/kwakiutl-dsigler/clothing

9 and 10 are from

http://www.mnsu.edu/emusem/cultral/northamerica/kwakiutl