Food

 The Kwakiutl ate fish, hunted deer.

 They didn’t grow anything.  The woman had a part and collected shellfish, seaweed, and berries.

 The Kwakiutl fished the most out of any thing. They mostly caught salmon and see animals in there canoes.

Tools and weapons

 The Kwakiutl used harpoons, nets, and fish traps made out of wood.  They used bows, spears, and war clubs for hunting.

 Kwakiutl warriors wore armor made out of rods to protect them from enemy archers.

Kwakiutl crafts

 Kwakiutl are known for there fine woven baskets.

 They are also known for wood carving masks and totem carvings.

 There is a whole website about Kwakiutl dance masks

Clothing.

 Kwakiutl used deer skin and fur for clothing.

 They also used feathers for head bands.

 They would use fish skin.

 For shoes they used wood for the bottom and plants for the top!

Transportation.

 On land they traveled by walking and horses.

 When they traveled on water they used canoes made out of cedar logs.

 also they used canoes for fishing, trading, hunting, and warfare.

Family life.

 The children go to school, help around the house, go hunting or fishing with their father.

 Women gathered plants, or herds, and clams.

 both men and women took their part in story telling.

language

 The real name for Kwakiutl is kwakwaka’wakw.

 Kwakwaka’wakw means the people who speak kwak’wala .

 4 % of kwakiutl speak Kwakiutls native language.

What contributions have kwakiutl made to the present day?

 They used pots to cook in like we do today.

 They used weapons like we do today like bow and arrows.

 They used canoes like we do today!

Ceremonies

 There was a date In winter where they would have numerous ceremonies.

 Also in winter there was a ceremony that greeted new members of the tribe.

 Slide 2 is from

bibliography

Slide 3, and 4 are from http://bigorrin.org/kwakiutl_kids.htm

  Slide 5, 6, 7 are from http://sites.google.com/a/balboamagnet.com/kwakiutl-dsigler/clothing 9 and 10 are from http://www.mnsu.edu/emusem/cultral/northamerica/kwakiutl