Monday, June 18, 2007

Peoples of the Plateau



Between the Coast Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. in what is now British Columbia, lived the peoples of the Plateau. They include:

  • Stl'atl'imx (Lillooet)
  • Okanagan
  • Secwepemc (Shuswap)
  • Nlaka'pamux (Thompson)
  • Ktunaxa (Kootenay)
  • Kinbasket

The homes of the Plateau peoples depended on the location and time of year. They might be lean-tos, lodges, tents, tipis and semi-underground pit houses. They were skilled and inventive fishermen, fishing the rich salmon-bearing streams. They were skilled hunters as well, hunting the many deer, moose, elk and mountain goats that lived in this area of the land.

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