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People of the Plateau

People of the Plateau. By: Jameson, Kiara , Kendra, Alex, Regina and Grant. Food and Agriculture. Main food source was salmon and wild plants Hunted deer with traps, snares, etc… Woman gathered fruits and vegetables Ate some kinds of flowers. Clothing.

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People of the Plateau

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  1. People of the Plateau By: Jameson, Kiara, Kendra, Alex, Regina and Grant

  2. Food and Agriculture • Main food source was salmon and wild plants • Hunted deer with traps, snares, etc… • Woman gathered fruits and vegetables • Ate some kinds of flowers

  3. Clothing • In the winter clothing was made of rabbit, groundhog and other animal furs • Women mostly wore buckskin skirts, leggings and moccasins • Men wore longer skirts • Moccasins sometimes made of deer hide or salmon skin

  4. Shelter • Main houses were longhouses, semi-subterranean pit house and the Tule-mat lodge • Well constructed for winter • Sometimes lived in tents in the summer • Pit houses built mostly underground with one hole at the top for ventilation • Later on they adopted to tipis from the plain Indians

  5. Geography • Live in B.C, on the Columbia and Fraser river • Climate: generally dry but cold in the winter • They travelled on foot, in dugout canoes and snow shoes • Later on they travelled by horse

  6. Social Organization • Moccasins sometimes indicated a certain social status based on materials • Women took care or children , harvested and prepared the food • Men were responsible for the hunting and making tools

  7. Contact With Other Groups • They had contact with the plains people and the people of the north west coast. • Interior Salish traded with coast Salish often (shells and soapstone) • Adapted most culture from the plains people

  8. Other Information • Arrived 10,000 years ago from the south • Tools were made from wood, bone and stone • Arrows made from wood, arrowheads made with a special kind of rock • Antlers from deer were used to dig holes or dig up roots

  9. Language and Different Tribes • Chinrookon, interior salisharsahaptin, and kutenai were main languages • The different tribes were chinnok, interior salish, sahaptin, and kutanxa people

  10. Interactive ActivityScavenger Hunt • Every group will get a checklist with the items you need to survive on the plateau • First group to complete there checklist wins a hug from Kiara • Good luck (hint: items are only in the upstairs hallways and multi)

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