Food:
Salmon, which teemed up the rivers during spawning season (late summer and fall), was one of the most important food sources for the Plateau natives. Another food staple item was plants, berries, and edible roots.
The Plateau People relied mainly on hunting and trapping, capturing large animals using traps such as pitfalls and deadfall traps and using bows and arrows for smaller prey, catching waterfowl with nets.
Food was not always plentiful. Due to salmon run fails, certain animals not available, or root and berry crops not emerging, the Plateau People, at these times, had to travel farther and work harder to survive.
The Plateau People relied mainly on hunting and trapping, capturing large animals using traps such as pitfalls and deadfall traps and using bows and arrows for smaller prey, catching waterfowl with nets.
Food was not always plentiful. Due to salmon run fails, certain animals not available, or root and berry crops not emerging, the Plateau People, at these times, had to travel farther and work harder to survive.
Dwellings:
Digging pit-houses into the ground during the winter, the Interior Salish's dwellings were constructed below the surface, which were entered by a ladder leading down through the smoke hole. Created from log rafters, only the dome-roof was above the surface. In summer they lived in bark-covered tipis.
The canoe was a main source of transportation, mostly used to travel lakes due to the big size of rivers.
Pointed at both ends, the "sturgeon-nosed" canoe was a unique design used by the Kutenai.
Travelling on snowshoes in the winter, the Plateau People also used dogs to transport their belongings.
Pointed at both ends, the "sturgeon-nosed" canoe was a unique design used by the Kutenai.
Travelling on snowshoes in the winter, the Plateau People also used dogs to transport their belongings.