What were men and womens roles in the Haida tribe?
Haida women gathered plants and herbs and did most of the child care and cooking. Men were fishermen and hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their families. Both genders took part in storytelling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine. The Haida chief was always a man, but the clan leaders could be either men or women. What were Haida homes like in the past? The Haidas lived rectangular cedar-plank houses with bark roofs. Usually these houses were large (up to 100 feet long) and each one housed several familes from the same clan (as many as 50 people.) Here are some pictures of Native American houses like the ones Haida Indians used. Today, old-fashioned buildings like these are still made from cedar wood, but they are only used for ceremonial purposes. Haida people live in modern houses and apartment buildings, just like you. What was Haida clothing like? Did they wear feather headdresses and face paint? Haida men wore breech clouts. Women wore knee-length deerskin dres
