CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 AN ABUNDANT LAND CHAPTER 2 FAMILY AND SPIRITUAL LIFE CHAPTER 3 CARVERS AND WEAVERS CHAPTER 4 FORCES OF CHANGE CHAPTER 5 RECLAIMING RIGHTS NOTABLE NORTHWEST INDIANS TIMELINE GLOSSARY SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FURTHER INFORMATION INDEX 5 10 18 24 30 36 42 43 44 45 46 47
N O R T H W E S T P ARCTI C S U B A R C T I C C O A S T C A L I F O R N I A L A T E A U G R E A T B A SIN ST E W H T U O S P L A I N S T S A E T H S NORT A E H SOUT NORTHWEST REGION OF NORTH AMERICA CULTURAL REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Plateau Northwest Coast California Plains Southeast Southwest Great Basin Northeast Subarctic Arctic Other Cultural area border International border State province border
INTRODUCTION R aven was lonely He flew over the ocean and landed on the sand He looked all around him He didn't see life anywhere Suddenly he heard strange noises He discovered a large clamshell in the sand Inside Raven saw some tiny strange-looking creatures They didn’t have fur or feathers like him They looked scared and they made noises Raven could not understand But Raven was excited to have some company He wanted to help these creatures Raven bent down and spoke to them He wondered how they could survive He asked them to come out of the shell It took a long time but slowly they began to come out These were the first humans They were the Haida HIGH-duh The Haida are one of many groups of native peoples living in the Northwest The region is a thin strip of land and islands along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Northern California It is only 150 miles 240 kilometers wide It covers parts of what are now Alaska British Columbia Washington Oregon and California The Pacific Ocean is to the west The Coast Range and Cascade Range are to the east This region gets a lot of rain and has mild temperatures 5
