In addition to providing a means to procure food, canoes helped to maintain vital trade links. Villages were not isolated from one another. There was intensive trade conducted between villages of the same tribe and between different tribes. Trade was not solely restricted to Coastal communities. Coastal Indians, particularly the Chinook Indians, would travel by canoe to Eastern Washington and conduct trade with the Plateau Indians. In this way, the Coastal Indians came into contact with a larger Indian community in North America. A final use of canoes was in war. War between tribes and villages was frequent in Coastal life. War could be fought over fishing grounds, whaling areas, or valuable hunting regions. Frequently, though, wars were fought over people and possessions. According to the text, how did Coastal Indians typically use canoes? Check all that apply. to fish and hunt for food to find new places to live to trade with other groups to wage war with other tribes to visit farm fields to tend crops