USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kwakiutl Indians-Northwest. The people of the Pacific Northwest lived in a mild, rainy area with thick forests.

Detailed explanation-2: -The climate was rainy and mild. The land was covered with forests and lakes so wildlife and food were abundant. Like the Inuit the Kwakiutl did not farm.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Kwakiutl were widely known for their totem poles, elaborate wooden houses, and seaworthy log canoes, as well as for dramatizing myths and performing magic tricks.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Kwakiutl lived in long, narrow houses called long houses or plank houses. Up to 50 people from the same clan would live in one house. Totem poles are ceremonial statues that were carved by many of the tribes in the Pacific Northwest.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kwakiutl culture was based around fishing. Rather than settle in one place year-round, they maintained multiple seasonal settlements that followed the migration patterns of marine wildlife.