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Headings: Northwest Coast Indians
Northwest Coast Indians
Introduction
Area
Food
Housing
Society
Religion
Modern Developments

Content: Women collected bulbs, roots, berries, and seeds. Housing
Northwest Coast Indians lived in different places depending on the season. Groups spent the winter in several large houses. In the summer house groups would break up into smaller groups, which would move between good fishing and berry-picking sites. Summer was when they would process food for winter storage. Northwest Coast houses were made with wood from the forests, usually red cedar. All were rectangular and could be as long as 100 feet (30.5 meters). They built the framework of the houses with cedar posts and attached planks to form the walls and roof. These planks could be taken down, loaded onto canoes, and moved from one site to another. Most homes had a central fire pit.