Food and Clothing
Clothing
Where the cedar trees were plentiful, natives used cedar bark to weave ponchos, skirts, tunics, and sarongs. The bark was soaked until it was soft and then beaten until it broke into soft shreds. The shreds were rolled between the palm and the thigh until they were the right thickness for weaving. The threads were woven so tightly the garments were waterproof.
Food
The Pacific Ocean and many rivers provided natives with shellfish, salmon, and other fish. They gathered wild fruits and vegetables and hunted game animals for meats, furs, and hides. Some of the tribes in the Northwest even hunted whales.
Where the cedar trees were plentiful, natives used cedar bark to weave ponchos, skirts, tunics, and sarongs. The bark was soaked until it was soft and then beaten until it broke into soft shreds. The shreds were rolled between the palm and the thigh until they were the right thickness for weaving. The threads were woven so tightly the garments were waterproof.
Food
The Pacific Ocean and many rivers provided natives with shellfish, salmon, and other fish. They gathered wild fruits and vegetables and hunted game animals for meats, furs, and hides. Some of the tribes in the Northwest even hunted whales.