Transportation And Filters Of First Nation

The modes of transportation and the shelters of a First Nation is really important as it is an essential for their survival.Their most fundamental mode of transportation was walking, a lot of their traveling was done on foot. In the winter they would wear snowshoes to make walking easier and would have sleds or toboggans to carry loads, which were carried by themselves or dogs, however not all bands had dogs. There were two types of snowshoes, bear paw snowshoe was made to carry for weight and narrow snowshoes were the easiest to walk in. The Plateau First Nations used dogs to hunt as well, while the Plain First Nations would use horses, as they were very fast and could catch up to prey easily. They would also use horses to transport people
and items. To traveling on water First Nations would use canoes, some of them would also build special ones like the Plateau First Nations who built a canoe called the sturgeon-nosed canoe which kept water out of the way. Others like the Iroquoians painted their canoes with pine gum to make it watertight. Each First Nation band had different types of shelter depending on the seasons or whether they were going to be traveling a lot. For groups like the Coastal and Iroquoian who didn’t travel and follow animals they hunted, they built long houses, which would be home to many families. The Iroquoian females would bring her family to live with her in the long house and the eldest women would be the masters of the house. The Plains First Nations would live in tipis which were waterproof and weather-hardy. Bands like the Plateau, Mackenzie and Yukon River and Woodland First Nations made shelters that were easy to set up, take down and protected them from the weather because they were semi-nomadic. The Plateau people built three different types of houses depending on the weather conditions, the house is tipis, pit houses, and tule mat lodges. Woodland First Nations built wigwams, that were set up and taken down women and that accommodated one family. The Mackenzie and Yukon River First Nations had many different types of house, examples of those houses are pit houses and tipis. Without proper shelters and transportation, it would be extremely difficult for First Nations to survive