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"they are considered the highest form of spiritual protection and assistance"

In oral traditions across the Northwest Coast there are many human heroes and legends

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they offered themselves to the land-based tribes as food by turning into salmon fish

Rectangular Salish Lidded Basket Sun "they are considered the highestTraditionally an art practiced only by women, in the past baskets were made for a wide variety of domestic uses associated with the gathering, storing and cooking of different foods. Similar weaving techniques were also used to make cradles and hats for everyday and ceremonial uses. Most basketry is traditionally woven from long, slender and pliant rootlets of cedar and sometimes spruce, although various grasses are used in some regions. A sharply