Plateau People

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Plateau People

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Where Plateau People Live

• East of Cascade Mountains
• In the Plateau Region
• Near the Columbia Plateau

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Climate Of The Plateau

• Continental
• Dry
• Extreme Weather
• Very Cold Winters

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Vegetation of Plateau

• Grass to Weave
• Tule Rushes to make into Tule Mats
• Sagebrush to cleanse
• Yucca to make into rope and paint brushes.
• Camas

Yucca
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Houses of The Plateau People

• Long houses
• Tule mats held up by poles
• In winter most plateau people lived in pit houses.

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Most Plateau people ate

• Salmon
• Buffalo
• Deer
• Rabbits
• Mountain Goats
• Birds
• NutsBerries

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Transportation

• Horses
• There own feet.

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Natural Resources

• Sometimes Yucca
• Tule Rushes
• Buffalo
• Plants
• Animals
• Rocks
• Fresh water
• Rivers

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Plateau Tribes

• Kilkitat Kutenai Spokane
  
• Yakima Nespelim Tlakluit
  
• Cayuse Nez Perce Umatilla
• Chinookan Salish Walla Walla
• Kalispel Salishan

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Tools used for fishing and Hunting

• Bows
• Spears

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Skills used for fishing and Hunting

• Being able to throw spears
• Being able to aim spears and bows

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Knowledge needed for fishing and Hunting

• Knowing how to use bows
• Knowing how to use spears

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How did they respect the environment?

• When they killed an animal they used every body
  part
• They where very respectful to nature.

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Strategies we can use to help the environment.

• Not use as many chemicals.
• Not eat as much meat (Or just have more
  vegetarians in the world)
• Not litter

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What is a Shaman

• A Shaman is a
• Spiritual leader who heals the sick
• A person that had special powers
• One that used song and dance to heal

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????Did you know????

• The Basic fishing day included
• Horse races
• Foot races
• Games
• Trading with other tribes

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Thank You!

• For Watching My
• Slide Show

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Credits
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• Produced using Microsoft power point
• Curtis, Edward S.. Browse by Geographic Location
  or American Indian Tribe. American Memory
  Library of Congress. 24 Nov. 2007

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