... at their totem pole. Another way a family showed its importance was to have a potlatch. The inside of the house also had carved posts if the family was an important one. When a child was old enough to understand, the time had come to learn the history of the family. When it came to fishing, they new there stuff. As the salmon left the ocean ... and began their swim up stream to lay eggs, men and women from all over the area gathered along the riverbanks to ... . In the winter, the men wore shirts, leggings, and moccasins made of buckskin. Buckskin is clothing made from the skins of anim...

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... themselves. Their children could be taken away at any time and "apprenticed" out as cheap labour for Europeans. "The old ways of the Aborigines were attacked by regimented efforts to make them European" . Their identities were threatened by giving them European ... find and provide food for his family. As a result of Aboriginals being considered "inferior" to whites, thus acquiring a lower rate of pay, many families became dependent on food handouts provided by the missionaries and reserves, thus the fathers role of gathering for his family was subsequently lost, in turn isolating and ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate