Title: Northwest Coast Indigenous Peoples in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Headings: Northwest Coast Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Northwest Coast Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Indigenous Peoples of the Northwest Coast
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Content: While fishing and hunting were mainly the work of men, and women did most gathering of plant and beach foods, the division of labour was complementary and often co-operative. Both men and women made the tools necessary for work. As almost all foods were produced at times in quantities greater than immediate need, food was often preserved for leaner times. Men did most of the initial production of fish and game, but women did the cooking and preservation. Dwellings and Transportation
Northwest Coast Indigenous Woodwork
Northwest Coast Indigenous people harvested straight-grained cedars for planks and boards for houses, chests and boxes. Huge trunks were carved into dugout canoes and totem poles. (courtesy Lazare and Parker/National Wildlife Federation)
Northwest Coast Indigenous people harvested straight-grained cedars for planks and boards for houses, chests and boxes. Huge trunks were carved into dugout canoes and totem poles. Haida House
Haida proclaimed clan membership through an elaborate display of family crests, carved on totem poles erected in front of their houses. (Artwork by Gordon J. Miller)
Haida proclaimed clan membership through an elaborate display of family crests, carved on totem poles erected in front of their houses.