Chippewa diet contents

[Guest guest]

Recently while helping my daughter do some school research on Native Americans,

I came across this info, which I thought you guys might find interesting.

Although Price didn't mention the Chippewa Indians in NAPD, their diet

definetely sounds familiar.

" The strength of the Chippewa in conquering the Sioux and establishing

themselves in new territory indicates that they were well nourished, that

suitable food was available, and that it was prepared in a proper manner. This

was the work of the women, who were very industrious and bestowed much care on

the provisioning of their households. A staple article of food was wild rice,

which was seasoned with maple sugar or combined with broth made from ducks or

venison. Fish were extensively used, as the Chippewa, lacking horses, lived

along the lakes and watercourses as much as possible. It is said that they had

squash and pumpkins before the coming of the white man, and the country abounded

in berries and wild fruit of many varieties.....

While the present chapter concerns the use of vegetable foods it may be added

that fish were stored by drying and by freezing; and that meat was dried, after

which it usually was pounded and mixed with tallow for storage. The Chippewa

cooked and ate all trapped animals except the marten. Rabbits were caught in

snares and formed a valuable food during the winter months. Deer and moose were

available, and bear meat was liked because it was so fat. "

quotes from " How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine and Crafts " by

Frances Densmore

Rebekah

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[Guest guest]

Rebekah,

Thank you for this.

-Lana

On 11/16/05, Rebekah Dowd <rmd1019@...> wrote:

> Recently while helping my daughter do some school research on Native

> Americans, I came across this info, which I thought you guys might find

> interesting. Although Price didn't mention the Chippewa Indians in NAPD,

> their diet definetely sounds familiar.

>

> quotes from " How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine and Crafts "

> by Frances Densmore

[Guest guest]

Rebekah,

The Chippewa are also known as the Ojibwa. Some of the Ojibwa genes go

back to what is now France and have recently been linked to an

Atlantic crossing in the Ice Age 17,000 years ago. Genes were a

mystery until a spearhead recently found in Virginia matched a French

spearhead. Another found in Pennsylvania few thousand years younger

shows the north migration toward Great Lakes.

Wanita