Question

Based on the myth you read and what you know about the Haida, think about what inferences can be made about their ancient lifestyle. Knowing where the Haida lived, what can the reader infer about the kind of clothes they wore? How did the Haida’s island location likely affect their interaction with others? How did the Haida’s island location likely affect their sense of community? The Haida’s skill with canoes gave them an advantage in which area?

Answer 1

1. "(...) what can the reader infer about the kind of clothes they wore?". Living in a quite warm place, they used little cloth, most of their clothes were made in cedar wood and leather. In the Northwest coast, where rain is very common, they used wool clothing to protect themselves against the rain.

2. Even though they were on an island, living relatively close of tribes and settlements as well being in the path of many trade routes; this made the Haida a tribe accustomed to the contact (hostile or not) with other people.

3. Their location made the Haida a tribe that valued their own people, surrounded and in contact with other cultures and views; they invested time and took care of tradition and their own people.

4. Seafaring. In both trade and war, being a tribe located at the sea, made they experts in naval construction, strategies and navigation.

Answer 2

They wore wool and leather

it kept the haida safer

it made them depend on each other

trade