Plateau People

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Plateau People

• By 9

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Where do they live?

• On the Columbia Plateau
• In east and central Washington

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Climate

• Warm Summers
• Cold Winters

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Vegetation

• Plants
• Tule Rushes

• Use
• Used to make Tule mats
• To make them they would tie the ends of Tule
  rushes together
• The mats were made to cover their roofs to keep
  them warm

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Types of Houses

• Long Houses
• Teepees (Great Plains)
• Pit Houses (Winter)

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Food

• Salmon
• Sheep
• Mountain goat
• Birds
• Rabbit
• Buffalo

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Transportation

• Foot (Walking)
• Horses (Riding)

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Natural Recourses Used

• Recourses
• Tule Rushes
• Horses
• Stones

• Use
• To make Tule mats
• To travel
• To make spear points

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Tribes

• Metho
• Coeur d Alene
• Okanogan
• Wishram
• Yakima
• Spokane
• Wenatchee
• Walula

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Tools used for hunting and fishing

• Spears
• Atlatl
• harpoons

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Skills used for hunting and fishing

• Precision
• Strength
• Patients
• Quickness

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Knowledge needed for fishing and hunting

• How far is the place they will hunt/fish
• When they should leave (considering how long it
  takes to get there)

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How were they kind to the environment

• When they caught a buffalo they used its meat to
  eat and its fir to make clothes, blankets, etc.
• They used almost everything they were given (they
  saved instead of wasted)

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What strategies can we use to help the
environment (Native ways)

• Not to waste things
• To buy only what you need

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Extra

• Later on canvas was used instead of Tule rushes
  (to make mats)

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Bibliography

• Pelz, Ruth. The Washington Adventure. 1. Layton,
  UT Gibbs Smith, 2004.
• Pelz, Ruth. Discovering Washington. 1st. Layton,
  UT Peregrine Smith Book, 1997.