Northwest Indians Northwest Indians Indians have lived in the Pacific Northwest for thousands of years before the first white man set foot in the region. Generally, they had dark skin, dark hair, dark eyes, broad faces with high cheekbones. The hair of most Indians is straight or slightly wavy.
Most Indian men have sparse facial hair.
They used to shave simply by pulling out the whiskers as they appeared. The fold of skin which gives Chinese, Japanese, and other Mongolian peoples the appearance of slanting eyes is present in varying degrees among certain tribes of Indians. While Indians have dark skin, the color ranges from a yellowish brown to a dark reddish brown. They do not have red skin. White men who traded with Indians quickly learned that vermilion, a bright red pigment, was one of the most valuable trade items.