Plateau Peoples

Environment
1. Habitat: The Plateau People lived in the southern interior of BC and Alberta.
2. Seasonal Villages: In summer, people live above ground in small villages, near hunting ground; in winter, people settle in larger, more permanent villages.
3. Climate: The climate is more continental type; the precipitation is generally low.
4. Geography: The territory of the Plateau People includes expanse of forests and many natural rivers and lakes.
5. Vegetation: The middle Columbia area is a steepee of sagebrush and bunch grass finged by yellow pine. The upper Columbia consisted of wooded areas.
6. Wildlife: Includes deer, elk, bear and caribou.
Politics and Law
1. Leaders: Each village has one or more chiefs. They are often inherited.
2. Classes: Plateau society was communal and generally free of classes
3. Enemies: The cause of was is usually food. For example: the Secwepemc sometimes raided Stl'atl'imx areas for slaves or salmon.
4. Roles of Leaders: The main chief is usually inherited, while other chiefs have different roles such as hunting and warfare due to their personal abilities and knowledge.
5. Weapons: In war, people usually use spears, bows and arrows, knives and clubs.
6. Allies: They work together and travel together in the spring-fall, then joined with other groups to reside in large villages
Culture
1. Food: Wild plants, salmon, deer, elk, mountain goat.
2. Language: Athapascan, Interior Salishan, Ktunaxa
3. Clothing: People usually wear leather clothing and fur caps. Some clothing are made of tanned hides of animals, grasses and softened bark.
4. Art: Rock paintings, weaving and carving; rock paintings was made out of red ochre pigments mixed with animal oil or fish eggs.
5. Religion: The people had a strong spiritual relationship with nature, and held animals in high regard.
6. Ceremonies: The two main ceremonies are the Winter Guardian Spirit Dance and Sun Dance. The ceremonies involved a lot of music and dancing.
Economy and Technology
1. Tools: The tools that the Plateau people used were made from bone(arrow heads), wood(nets and carvings), and stone(spears and cutting tools).
2. Use of natural sources: Plateau People were able to catch a large number of fish when Pacific Salmons enter the interior rivers to spawn.
3. Transportation: Travel river by canoe, and the forests by foot or horses.
4. Economy: Based on seasonal hunting, fishing and gathering.
Family&Society
1. Responsibilities: Men are responsible for fishing and hunting, women are responsible for harvesting plants and and preparing food.
2. Sharing: Almost every resources were shared except for salmon fishing stations owned by individuals.
3. Decisions Making: In Ktunaxa society all the decision making power was given to the elders because they were considered to be very wise.
Canada's First Nations have been in the country for at least 12000 years. They farm, hunt and organize in different tribes. One major tribe is Plateau

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