Title: Salish peoples - Wikipedia
Headings: Salish peoples
Salish peoples
Contents
Salish language
Language and cultural revitalization
Powwows
Art and material culture
Salish weaving
Use of cedar
Totem poles
Contemporary Salish artists
Subgroups and territory
Nuxalk (Bella Coola)
Coast Salish
Interior Salish
See also
External links
References

Content: In the early to mid-nineteenth century, the fur trade brought Hudson's Bay blankets to the Pacific Northwest. The influx of these cheaper, machine-made blankets led to the decline of native wool blankets that were expensive and labor-intensive to produce. Salish weaving continued to a lesser extent, but the weavers largely transitioned to using sheep's wool yarn brought to the area by traders, as it was less costly than keeping the salmon-eating woolly dogs. There was a revival of Salish weaving in the 1960s, and the Salish Weavers Guild was formed in 1971. Objects made with cedar at Tulalip Tribes Hibulb Cultural Center
Use of cedar
Plentiful in the Pacific Northwest, the Western Red Ceda r was a vital resource in Coast Salish peoples' lives. Canoes, longhouses, totem poles, baskets, mats, clothing, and more were all made using cedar. Totem poles
Totem poles were less common in Coast Salish culture than with neighboring non-Salish Pacific Northwest Coast peoples such as the Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit, and Kwakiutl tribes. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that the totem pole tradition was adopted by the northern Coast Salish peoples including the Cowichan, Comox, Pentlatch, Musqueam, and Lummi tribes. These tribes created fewer free-standing totem poles, but are known for carving house posts in the interior and exterior of longhouses. Musqueam interior house post
Musqueam exterior house posts
Cowichan housefront with carved house posts
Salish wooden carvings at The Field Museum, Chicago
Totem pole by Lummi carver Joe Hillaire, 1962
"Musqueam welcome figures" by Susan A. Point in the International Arrivals hall of Vancouver International Airport
Salish peoples located in the Pacific Northwest and parts of Southern Alaska were known to build totem poles that were meant to symbolize a tribe member's spirit animal or family crest.