Imagine yourself going back into the past and living with the Coastal and Plateau tribes. Wouldn't you want to see the resources they used? They have to use the sources that are found around them based on where they live. So the Chinook tribe of the coast and Nez Perce tribe of the Plateau interacted with their environment differently and similarly to provide food, shelter and clothing for their people.
There is many differences and similarities between the Coastal tribe, Chinook and the Plateau tribe, Nez Perce on the way they get and use their food based on their environment. For example, from the packet, Encyclopedia of Native Americans in the section about the Chinook tribe on page 1154 it states that “They caught many fish using nets and hooks and dried the meat for later use or for trade.” Also, in the Native People of the Northwest film it says that “They
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In particular, from the Encyclopedia of Native Americans in the section about the Chinook tribe it states that “Men wore mat robes and wide-brimmed hats made of silk grass or cedar bark.” Also, in the same source Encyclopedia of Native Americans it says that “Women wore knee-length, fringed dresses made of silk grass or cedar bark.” But, from the same source Encyclopedia of Native Americans in a difference section about the Nez Perce tribe it sites that “In summer, men usually wore capes and breechcloths… adding fur robes and leggings when it turned cold.” Similarly, in the same source and section it says that “Woman began to wear long dresses of buckskin that had fringe at the hem and sleeves.” As shown, there's quite a few differences between them but, the similarity they have is they both wore similar clothing. All in all, when the seasons change both of the tribes clothing were still the same as each other but styled