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Headings: Northwest Coast Indians
Northwest Coast Indians
Introduction
Traditional Culture
Peoples and Languages
Food
Settlements and Housing
Clothing
Technology and Arts
Society
Religion
European Contact and Cultural Change

Content: The buildings were rectangular and up to 100 feet (30.5 meters) long. The Indians built a framework of cedar posts and attached planks to form the walls and roof. The planks could be taken down, loaded onto canoes, and moved from one site to another. Most homes had a central fire pit. In northwestern California, at the southernmost limit of the culture area, people built smaller houses for single-family use. These peoples also built a combined clubhouse and sweat lodge, which was the focus of male activity. These structures were common in the California culture area to the south. Clothing
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Dress   was fairly simple among Northwest Coast peoples. Although ceremonial garments and some hats could be highly decorated, most clothing was worn for protection from the environment rather than for show. Throughout the region women wore skirts or gowns of buckskin, soft leather, or woven wool or plant fibers.