Certain raw materials for stone tools were not locally available and must have been obtained through trade or transport from other areas.

Some decorative materials had origins elsewhere along the coast or in the interior.

The presence of these non-local materials documents the integration of the Ozette community into a broader regional network of exchange.

The social dimensions of these trade networks were as important as the economic ones.

The relationships maintained through trade were relationships of alliance, mutual obligation, and social familiarity.

Marriage connections between communities reinforced and were reinforced by trade relationships.