What do subarctic Indians eat?

Answer:

• Obtaining food was an important and essential ritual for the Subarctic peoples.
• Usually on foot or on snowshoes, they would hunt, fish, trap and gather wild plants.
• Fishing
  • In the winter, ice fishing was popular.
  • In the spring, the rivers and the coastal waters were rich in fish and seafood.
  • Most of the Northern fishes, and their fish eggs, could be eaten.
• The subarctic people often hunted moose, caribou, hare, musk oxen, bear and elk, as well as waterfowl and fish.
• The edible wild plants they collected included berries, tripe, dandelions, moss and marigold.
• Berries were dried in the fall or stored in baskets put in pits in the ground.
• Pemmican, a mixture of berries, grease and animal meat, was a high-energy food that could be preserved for years.