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Investigating Haida First Nations - Coggle Diagram
Investigating Haida First Nations
Shelter & tools
What materials did they use to build their shelters?
Cedar
Bones
Heavy stones
What kind of shelter did Aboriginal people in this region live in?
Houses built with red cedar wood
Western range of Canada
Rough bark roofs
How did their shelter protect them from the environment?
Think about the region that they live in.
The tools they used were very sturdy so they were durable of their intense gale storms
Their shelters were decently simple so they wouldn't have to be outside in the wind for too long
They had houses that they made with cedar fences so it would help them from animals
What tools and weapons did they use in their daily life?
Small hammers
Carving axes
Wooden fishtraps
Bone fish hooks
Transportation
Why did the Haida have to travel?
Fishing
Warfare
Seacoast hunting
Hunting
What kind of transportation did Indigenous people in this region use to get around?
Carved trees into canoes & kayaks
Where did this group travel?
Southern Alaska
Pacific Northwest Coast
Northwest British Columbia
Archipelago of Haida gwaii
Roles and Beliefs
What are the roles that people have in this community?
Responsibility
Balance
Respect
Receiving
Giving
Who are the leaders in there community?
kil tlatts'gaa (President Peter Lantin)
ginn wadluu un usla isdaa ayaagang (Vice President Trevor Russ)
Leader Guujaaw
What ceremonies and traditions did they hold in this community?
Feasts
Potlaches
Dance performances
Food
What food did Aboriginal people in this region eat?
Mountain goats
Seals
Bear
Sea lions
Deer
Corn
Beans
Squash
How did these people get their food?
Gathering
Hunting
Was it hard for these people to get food? Explain your answer.
No, because they were hunters and gatherers and food grew near them.
Did they have any special foods and/or feasts?
Squash
Beans
Corn
Those were the main source of food for the Haidas, other than the animals they caught such as mountain goats, deer and bears
Clothing
What clothing did they wear?
Woman wore skirts and capes made of cedar bark
Men also wore long capes made of cedar bark
Some people added mountain goat fur as decoration
How did they make their clothes?
They shredded to flexible parts of the cedar bark to make it more wearable
They used the bark for cultural masks and capes
Why did they make their clothes?
They made their own clothes for ceromonies
Seasons
Different genders
Culteral
What materials are their clothing made of?
Yellow cedar bark
Red cedar bark