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Nations of the Northwest Coast.
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Nations of the Northwest Coast.

Author "Smithyman, Kathryn; Kalman, Bobbie."
Publisher New York : Crabtree Pub. Co
Datec2004
ClassificationsMain Library Collection
Object numberE78.N78 S56 2004
Description"32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm."
Explores how the waters, mountains, and forests of the Pacific Northwest have provided food and shelter for groups such as the Tlingit, the Haida, and the Kwakiutl for thousands of years.

Contents

The Northwest Coast -- Clans, moieties, and phratries -- Villages -- Salmon and cedar -- Homes of the Northwest Coast -- Traveling the waterways -- Trade -- The potlatch ceremony -- Northern peoples -- Central peoples -- Southern peoples -- People from other lands arrive -- Changed ways of life -- The nations today.

LC Subjects

Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--History--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America.