American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (Men-at-Arms 418)

Author: Elizabeth Von Aderkas Illustrator: Christa Hook

Paperback; May 8 2005; 48 pages

The Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest, both on the Coast and the inland Plateau, were the last to encounter white traders and settlers. When contact occured in the late 18th century the explorers and traders found two distinct cultures. The fairly recent adoption of the horse had opened the Plateau tribes to influences from the peoples of the Plains; but the tribes of the Coast presented a sharply different picture, involving rigid class hierarchies, an economy based on fishing and hunting marine animals, and frequent intertribal warfare which involved slave raiding and head hunting. This fascinating text describes the ways of life, in peace and war, of the coastal and inland peoples of this region.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: The Coast and the Plateau before white contact the horse reaches the Plateau cultural divergence Social organization and ceremonial intertribal warfare and the impact of firearms disease, and subjugation
• TRIBES OF THE NORTHWEST COAST: Northern Coastal tribes: Eyak, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Haida, Bella Coola, Haisla, Heiltsuk, Bella Bella, Ooweekeno, Kwakiutl Central Coastal tribes: Nootka, North Coat Salish, Central Coast Salish, Makah Southern Coastal tribes: Southern Coast Salish, Kwalhioqua, Chinookans, Clatskanie, Tillamook, Alseans, Kalapuyans, Siuslawans, Coosans, Athapaskans
• TRIBES OF THE PLATEAU: Tribes of the Salish country: Kootenai, Flathead, Pend d'Oreille, Shushwap, Lillooet, Thompson, Nicola, Okanagan, Lakes, Colville, Kalispel, Wenatchee, Chelan, Sanpoil Tribes of the Columbia River: Nez Perce, Coeur d'Alene, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Palouse, Warm Springs/Tenino, Yakima, Wasco Wishram Southern tribes: Molala, Klamath, Modoc
• CHRONOLOGY CLOTHING, HOUSING & CANOES: Clothing: the Coast the Plateau Housing: the Coast the Plateau Canoes
• HUNTING, FISHING & TRADE: The Plateau: hunting fishing The Coast: hunting and fishing Trade: the Plateau the Coast
• RELIGION & CEREMONIAL LIFE: The Plateau the Coast The Potlatch
• WARFARE: The Coast The Plateau American Indian Wars Cayuse War, 1847 Yakima War, 1855 56 Nisqually War, 1855 56 Coeur d'Alene War, 1858 Modoc War, 1872 73 Nez Perce War, 1877
• SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
• THE PLATES
• INDEX