The Haida Tribe's Life/Research Entry

 The Haida Tribe is a tribe located in the Pacific Northwest area. They have unique ways of doing things, such as worshiping animals, and believing that animals could transform into humans. Their religion was to pray to animals for help. Animals were there idols. For religious ceremonies such as dances, high ranked men hosted these events.Also for being highly-ranked you would have a good after life.The Haida people believed in strongly in reincarnation so, whenever a highly-ranked person died they would take their soul to the Land Of The Souls and put it in to be reincarnated. Also for the highly-ranked people a potlach was held for them, which is a feast of celebration that goes on for several days. Besides the potlach a totem pole was made in their honor. For the nobles after life they were buried separate from the commoners and there was no potlach or totem pole in their honor. The slaves were thrown into the sea and they were not important.
  The Haida tribe mostly ate anything they could find in the body of water around them. Such as Dried Salmon, Shellfish, Whales, Clams, Barnacles and Scallops. When they caught Salmon they would hang it all year and wait till it became Dried Salmon. Then after that they would eat it. The Haida Tribe did not usually eat the animals on land around them so most of their supplies came from the body of water around them.
  The Haida/Pacific Northwest area had a very nice climate. They had warm but not hot summers. They also had cool but not cold winters. It was very nice living in that place at that time because you had nice temperatures mostly all the time. The had narrow and annual ranges of temperature's all year. They had very relaxing weather.
  For entertainment there was potlaches held for special events such as marriages or the finishing of a house. Potlaches lasted for several days and they were lots of fun and when there was a potlach held instead of the guests giving the host a present the host must give the guests a valuble present. In the Haida tribe the potlaches were like a competition. Who's would be the most expensive? Who's would be the largest? This was how they showed their wealth but it was also a way to entertain themselves. Another way they would entertain themselves was by having dance performances hosted by highly-ranked men. Even though a lot of tribes have a main spot where their performances would be held, the Haida tribe did not.

  The Haida tribe had special types of houses called the Large House. The Large Houses were made of Cedar trees and Spruce trees. To symbolize or show the family's history large totem poles were placed at the entrances of their houses. The totem poles were also made out of Cedar trees. On the totem pole there was not just the family's history, there was animals which represented the animals around them. In the Haida tribe there is two separate clans. One clan is called the Ravens and the other the Eagles. When a Raven is born it must marry an Eagle when it grows up. That is the same for the Eagles except the Eagles must marry a Raven. The Haida's language was known as the Na-Dene languages. The Haida culture has a lot of different characteristics.