Thesis-The chinook and colville tribes interacted with their environment to provide food,shelter and clothing for their people.
Body 1-The differences and similarities of how the Chinook and the colville hunted for their food was the chinook caught fish and sea mammals near the mouth of the Columbia river. For example, In the early spring, the chinook used long,curved blades to rake thousands of tiny smelt into their boats. The colville’s stable food was mostly salmon, and they ate the entire fish, even the head. They often retrieved the salmon that died after spawning and ate those too. The men hunted deer,elk,bear, and beaver as well as buffalo. Both of the tribes women gathered roots and berries, dried meat and fish prepared animal skins made the family's clothing and cared for young children.…show more content… They lived in winter villages for years but often spent months at a time on food . Gathering trips at these time they lived in tepees that could that could be taken apart and moved to a new place. Booths tribes were divided by geographic landforms such as mountain and large
