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Also Known As Pacific Northwest Indian

Did You Know?

  • Blue dye was only obtained through trade as there was no way to make it with material found naturally in the area.
  • The tale of a Raven who was said to have stolen light and given it to humans appears in local art.
  • Whistles, rattles, and drums were important elements of religious song and dance.

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Distribution of Northwest Coast peoples
Yurok man with a canoe
Kwakiutl: canoes
Tlingit totem pole
Haida headdress
Bear Mother
totem poles
Karok twined basket
Northwest Coast Indian woman
Distribution of American Subarctic cultures
Discover wood-carving traditions handed down from past generations of the Northwest Coast Indian peoples
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Seattle
American Indian chief
Horatio Hale
American anthropologist
John Reed Swanton
American anthropologist

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