Cultures of the North Pacific Coast

Alaska animal beach became boxes called canoe carried carved ceremonial chief Chinook claim clan close Columbia common complex concept consisted contacts culture Dancing distribution divisions Duncan early effect fact feasts fish force gave given groups Haida hand harpoon head historic hunting important inches Indians individual interior involved Island known Kwakiutl land less linguistic live lower major missionaries native natural neighbors Nootkan North Pacific Coast Northern objects organization origin pattern performances period person planks poles potlatch principal probably procedure rank region relatives represented rites ritual River Salish salmon shaman shells side social Society Sound Southern spirit status supernatural technique Tlingit trade tradition tribes Tsimshian unit usually village wealth whale winter Yurok