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The Plateau Indians ate salmon, deer, elk, small animals, berries, seeds, and roots, especially the camas roots. The Coastal Indians ate salmon, whale, shellfish, and otters. They dried their meat so they could eat it later. The Plateau Indians' houses were called pit houses. They were made out of mud, dirt, and grass. The Coastal Indians' houses were called longhouses. They were made out of cedar. They made boards to connect them to make a house. The Plateau Indians' clothing was made out of hides, quills, fur, and feathers. The Coastal Indians made their clothing out of cedar and seashells. The Plateau Indians made their leather from deer and elk fur. The Coastal Indians got the seashells at the beach. The Plateau Indian's tools were called digging sticks, rocks, and arrowheads. The Coastal Indians' tools were made out of shells, whale teeth, bones, and harpoons. The Plateau Indians' art was baskets and beadwork. The Coastal Indians' art was totem poles and carvings. The Plateau and Coastal Indians' art was made by hand. The Plateau Indian's beliefs were pow-wows. The Plateau Indians' custom was spirits. The Coastal Indians' beliefs were spirits. The Coastal Indians' customs were also the potlatch.
The Haida Indians caught fish and sea mammals. They would also hunt deer, birds, and other small game. The women would gather roots, shellfish, berries and seaweed.
The Maidu Indians ate foods that included acorns, roots, seeds, game, and fish caught in rivers or streams. This tribe of Native American lived in northern California and subsisted on foods they either hunted or gathered.
The Makah Indians mostly ate sea foods such as: Whales Crabs Fish Seals and Sea Otters