Plateau Native Americans

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Plateau Native Americans

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Where did they live?

• The Plateau Native Americans live to the east of
  Cascades
• Near Columbia River
• Easter Washington

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Plateau Climate

• The climate in the Plateau is dry
• Not a lot of rain
• Hot
• Cold winters
• Extreme weather

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Plateau vegetation and its uses

• Trees (to make houses)
• Roots (food)
• Berries (food)
• Nuts (food)
• Grass ( for making baskets)
• Tule Rush (mats and storage)
• Sage Brush (medicine)
• Camas (food)
• Rocks (tools)
• River (water)

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Plateaus Diet

• Salmon
• Wiled roots
• Nuts
• Berries
• Meat
• Deer
• Sheep
• birds

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Transportation at the Plateau

• The Plateau people travailed horse back.
• They also traveled by foot.

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Natural recourses

• Trees
• Rivers
• Plants
• rocks

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List of tribes

• Cayuse
• Chelan
• Coeur dAlene
• Columbia
• Colville
• Kalispel
• Kittitas
• Klickitat
• Kootenai
• Yakima

• Metho
• Nespelem
• Naz Perce
• Okanogan
• Palouse
• San Poil
• Spokane
• Wallula
• Wanapam
• Wenatchee
• Wishram

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Tools used for fishing and hunting

• Spears
• Bow and arrow
• Traps
• Arrow heads
• Weir
• Net
• Atlatl

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Skills used for fishing and hunting

• Children Watching the adults
• Good at aiming
• Good at being silent to catch animals
• Patients
• Strength

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Knowledge used for fishing and hunting

• Knowing how to make weapons
• Knowing how to aim
• Knowing how to find animals

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Type of houses

• Pit houses
• Log houses
• Teepees

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How we could help take care of our environment

• Try not to litter
• Plant trees and other plants
• Dont go hunting unless we need to

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How they took care of there environment

• Didnt kill animals if they could help it.
• Took care of the earth
• Didnt hunt for fun

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Music

• Played handmade flutes

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