INFORMATION CARDS CANADA'S ABORIGINAL PEOPLES The ...

2. PLATEAU (Interior of south British Columbia)
Principal Groups:
1) INTERIOR SALISH - F, H, T - largest group, consists of following five groups
- LILLOOET - F, H, T - in the Lillooet River valley
- THOMPSON - F, H, T - southwest of the Lillooet, in Fraser Valley
- SHUSWAP - F, H, T - largest of the small groups, most northerly, controlled all
of the Fraser River to the Rockies
- OKANAGAN - F, H, T - in Okanagan River valley, most southerly
- LAKE - F, H, T - upper Columbia River
INFORMATION:
• great diversity, transition between Prairies and Pacific Coast
• mild but long cold winters, gentle summers
• rainfall varies widely
• land of contrasts from semi-desert in the south to high mountains and dense
forests in the north and green river valleys
• animal resources used are river salmon, mountain goats, sheep, moose, elk,
caribou, deer, bear.
3. PLAINS (south Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)
Principal Groups:
1) BLACKFOOT (SIKSIKA) - H - east of Rocky Mountains, high plains
2) BLOOD - H - south west of Blackfoot, foothills of Rocky Mountains
3) PEIGAN - H - south of Blood
4) GROS VENTRE - FM - east of Peigan
5) PLAINS CREE - FM - north edge of the Plains
6) ASSINIBOINE - H - all of the space south of the Plains Cree
7) SARCEE - H, FM - north of the Blackfoot
INFORMATION:
• often followed the buffalo herds and moved with the seasons, from forest in
winter to prairie in summer
• lived on fertile river banks
• endless grassland, some hills and streams
• animal resources used are antelope, buffalo, bison