The Bella Coola tribe was on the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada. They eat salmon, cama plant roots, berries, shellfish, bear, and seal. They make wooden fences that they put across the river. A few hours later, they come back, and capture all of the fish that they caught.

     Their religion is American Indian panentheism and Christian. Their religion includes a belief in a Father God, His Son, and a Spirit.

     The warm winds coming off of the Pacific Ocean makes the climate rainy and mild in the summer. In the fall, it is mostly cool, and cloudy. In the winter, it is usually snowy and cold. uIn the spring, it is mild and sunny.

     People from the Bella Coola tribe make houses out of wood. Wood is one of their most important resources. The women make skirts out of tree bark. People also make canoes, and houses. The houses could hold 30-40 people. 

     Bella Coola, Bellacoola, Nuxalk, Belhoola, and Bilqula are all names of the Bella Coola tribe.

     For entertainment, the Bella Coola people dance, do council fires, and council gatherings.

Interesting Facts

The Bella Coola tribe, which is also known as the Belhoola, or Bilqula tribe, is a small Indian tribe. The tribe used to have 17,000 people in it, but now it consists of about 600 people. They used to live on the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada, but most of them live in southeastern Canada now.