The Makah tribe of the coast and the Colville tribe of the plateau interacted with their environment differently to provide food, shelter, and clothing for their people.
According to the recourse from the Encyclopedia Of Native Americans it declares that the coastal tribe used the Pacific Ocean for food more often than the plateau tribe did, for food the plateau tribe went to a location near the north west coast provided the colville with a rich and varied menu, their staple food was salmon and they ate the entire fish including the head. They often retrieved the salmon that died after spawning and ate those to. For food the coastal tribe, The centerpiece of makah diet was see mammals, especially whales, both men and women participated in the butchering of whales and every part of the whale was used for some purpose: tendons for instance were braided and dried for rope, and oil was extracted from the whale's blubber, among the makah people's favorite foods were a root called camas, which could only be obtained by trading with tribes from north who were able to from it. According to the text for Colville plateau tribe, in winter, Colville women wore tunics with leggings and moccasins. men wore leggings, moccasins, and breech cloths (breech cloths …show more content…
Planks or cedar shavings covered the dirt floor. Makah villages consisted of 3 to 20 flat roofed. Long houses that were set along the beaches, each long house sheltered up to 20 family's. Roofs were constructed with flat wooden planks that could be shifted to let in air or removed and transported is the villagers moved to follow a spring salmon run. For shelter the plateau tribe, like many tribes who lived in cold climates, the Colville Main gained both winter and summer homes, their winter dwellings were about forty five feet in diameter and were located almost completely
According to the recourse from the Encyclopedia Of Native Americans it declares that the coastal tribe used the Pacific Ocean for food more often than the plateau tribe did, for food the plateau tribe went to a location near the north west coast provided the colville with a rich and varied menu, their staple food was salmon and they ate the entire fish including the head. They often retrieved the salmon that died after spawning and ate those to. For food the coastal tribe, The centerpiece of makah diet was see mammals, especially whales, both men and women participated in the butchering of whales and every part of the whale was used for some purpose: tendons for instance were braided and dried for rope, and oil was extracted from the whale's blubber, among the makah people's favorite foods were a root called camas, which could only be obtained by trading with tribes from north who were able to from it. According to the text for Colville plateau tribe, in winter, Colville women wore tunics with leggings and moccasins. men wore leggings, moccasins, and breech cloths (breech cloths …show more content…
Planks or cedar shavings covered the dirt floor. Makah villages consisted of 3 to 20 flat roofed. Long houses that were set along the beaches, each long house sheltered up to 20 family's. Roofs were constructed with flat wooden planks that could be shifted to let in air or removed and transported is the villagers moved to follow a spring salmon run. For shelter the plateau tribe, like many tribes who lived in cold climates, the Colville Main gained both winter and summer homes, their winter dwellings were about forty five feet in diameter and were located almost completely