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negrita
negrita
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High School - 9th Grade

What was the Kutchin's Indian tribe's traditional clothing?

native american tribe called "Kutchin"

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Posted by negrita on Tuesday September 2, 2008 at 6:03 PM and tagged with clothing, history, kutchins, traditional.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    The outer skirt of the Kitchin was made of skins of reindeer, decorated with hair from other animals. The men wore these skirts in front and behind; the women wore larger black shirts. In winter, rabbit skins were worn and they made pants from deer skin with the fur next to the skin. A broad band of beads was worn across the shoulders and breasts and the lower part of the dress was fringed with tassels wound round with dyed porcupine quills and strung with a fruit called oleaster, A stripe of beads, strung with red and white squares, were sewn on the seams of trousers and bands of beads encircled the ankles. The poor Kutchin's tried to wear at least a string of beads and bead were used a a medium of exchange among the Kutchin.

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Wednesday September 3, 2008 at 12:13 AM