The Comox tribe was a very important tribe on the northwest coast. Comox is the language that they speak. The people of the Comox tribe were big hunters, gatherers, fishermen. They fished mostly along the Pacific ocean, and the majority of the fish were pacific salmon. They also fished for whales, halibut, smelt, oils, sea otters, seals, turtles, mussels, clams, oysters, and shellfish. They hunted elk, mountain goat, black-tailed deer, and bear. They also gathered plants. They had a very interesting social system. They separated extended family into different groups depending on a common ancestor. The chief of that family was the one with the closest link to the common ancestor. The next ranks of the family were determined by your relationship