Kwakiutl

Stephen, Dakota and Trey

About Kwakiutl

• The Kwakiutl lived along the northwest coast of North America.

• They depended on the land and sea for all their needs.

Who are Kwakiutl?• The tribe is a group of

Native North Americans who dwell in the N Vancouver Island and the nearby mainland of British Columbia, Canada.

• They are part of the Wakashan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic tribe.

• Kwakiutl culture was typical of the Northwest Coast area (including the custom of Potlatch).

Their Food

• The Kwakiutl hunted and fished for food.

• Some of their foods were dried salmon, deer meat and whale.

• They went out in the open sea and caught whales.

Their Clothes

• They used cedar trees for most of their clothes.

• They made skirts, shirts and shoes from cedar trees.

Kwakiutl Celebrations

• The Potlatch was one of their most famous celebrations.

• A Potlatch was held when babies were born and birthdays were celebrated.

• They exchanged gifts such as cedar boxes to keep dried fish in and a lot of other things.

Kwakiutl Vocabulary

Kwakiutl Pictures

Kwakiutl mask Kwakiutl’s clothes

Kwakiutl Man.

Potlatch Celebration

Kwakiutl Symbol of Harmony

Kwakiutl Wildlife Art

Kwakiutl Mask

Bibliography

• Houghton Miffin, Boston. 1991. Sea to Shining Sea.

• http://www.google.com/

• Music Spirit Feathers Mesa Music Consort

• http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/kwakiutl.html

• http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/NativeAmericans/Kwakiutl.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakiutl

• http://www.nativeamericans.com/Kwakiutl.htm

• www.cashsave.com/islandnative

• http://eprentice.sdsu.edu/S04X/deggleston/wq/images/pl_the_fisherman-wishham.jpg