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: Hunters took land mammals, including black-tailed deer, bear, wapiti (elk) and mountain goat, with bows and arrows, snares, deadfalls and nets. Sea mammals, including seals, whales and porpoises, were taken with harpoons on the water, and with clubs or nets wherever animals came ashore. The abundant waterfowl fell prey to a variety of nets. The people gathered additional nutrition in the form of shellfish, berries, edible roots, bulbs and green shoots. Resources were not evenly distributed in all regions, and coastal communities followed a migratory pattern or dispersed from winter villages to outlying sites as each resource changed with the seasons. 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.