This group’s wool dogs, whose hair was woven into blankets along with mountain goat hair, included one called Mutton whose pelt is now in the Smithsonian’s collection. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this group of related Native American peoples. These people include the Nuxalk (“NOO-halk”) and a “Coast” group in the Pacific Northwest.
ANSWER: Salishan [or Séliš; accept Coast Salish or Interior Salish; accept Salish Wool Dog]
[10e] Salish (“SAY-lish”) blankets with dog wool could be distributed during these gift-giving ceremonies, common among native people of the Pacific Northwest.
ANSWER: potlatches [reject “potlucks”]
[10h] The major decrease in the population of Salish (“SAY-lish”) wool dogs is correlated with the rise of a kind of blanket named for this group, which traditionally has indigo, red, yellow, and green stripes.
ANSWER: Hudson’s Bay Company [or Hudson Bay Company; or HBC; accept Hudson Bay blanket or Hudson Bay point blanket or Hudson’s Bay blanket or Hudson’s Bay point blanket]
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