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Contrary to the first answer, corn was low on the Mi'kmaq diet as the growing season was short and unreliable. While some agriculture was practiced the Mi'kmaq diet was mainly made up of fish, shellfish, marine mammals such as seal and whale. Moose, deer and small game such as rabbit, beaver and muskrat. Spruce grouse, geese and ducks were taken. Meat and fish were smoked and dried. Berries and fruit were collected and stored. Fishing in the ocean was almost an all year practice and when conditions on the ocean were poor, ice fishing on inland lakes supplied plenty of fresh fish and eel.
The Mi'kmaq spent most of the year along coastal areas, taking advantage of the wealth of food available there throughout all but about six weeks of the year. There were some local variations, but generally fish of all kinds, including salmon and sturgeon, whale, walrus, seals, lobster, squid, shellfish, eels and seabirds, with their eggs, made up the bulk of their diet.
They also ate moose, caribou, beaver and porcupine, as well as smaller animals like squirrels. Berries, roots and edible plants were gathered during the summer. Meat and fish were dried and smoked to preserve them.
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∙ 11y agoKwe' (greetings). Yesterday evening my husband, his parents, and I had pork roast and peas with chocolate cake. We are Mi'kmaq people of the Bear River, Nova Scotia, tribe. I think it's possible that you meant to ask what *do* Mi'kmaq people eat, since there are thousands of Mi'kmaw alive and well in Maine, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, etc.
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∙ 11y agoKwe' (greetings). This evening my husband, his parents, and I had pork roast and peas with chocolate cake. We are Mi'kmaq people of the Bear River, Nova Scotia, tribe. I think it's possible that you meant to ask what *do* Mi'kmaq people eat, since there are thousands of Mi'kmaw alive and well in Maine, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, etc.
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∙ 13y agoMoving with the seasons, the Mi'kmaq were not agricultural and traded for most crop foods. Mi'kmaq diet was mainly made up of fish, shellfish, marine mammals such as seal and whale. Moose, deer and small game like rabbit, beaver and muskrat. Spruce grouse, geese and ducks were taken. Meat and fish were smoked and dried. Berries and fruit were collected dried and stored. Fishing in the ocean was almost an all year practice and when conditions on the ocean were poor, ice fishing on inland lakes supplied plenty of fresh fish and eel.
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∙ 13y agoThe Mikmaq aka (L'nu) ate seafood, berries potatoes, sqash and various bird and mammals, moose was a major source in the colder months
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∙ 12y agomicmacs ate deer moose bear caribou and beaver in the winter, in summer it was berries, plants porpoises seabirds and fish
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∙ 11y agothey eat deer,bear,caribou and fish also berries of different types
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∙ 11y agothey would get it by them selves.
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How did the mikmaq cook food?
they sit on tolliet and they pooping and later that eat it :)
What do the MikMaq tribes eat?
Kwe' (greetings). Yesterday evening my husband, his parents, and I had pork roast and peas with chocolate cake. We are Mi'kmaq people of the Bear River, Nova Scotia, tribe.
How do the mikmaq teach history of their people?
the mikmaq aka (L'nu) taught history throught stories and legends. Example: The mikmaq land was destroyed, the forests burnt the river dryed, no animals left but a few, so Bear came and taught the mikmaq to respect the land and use everybit of its catch, and not to waste. This might have been the telling of the asteroid that hit north America 13,000 years ago.
What is the mikmaq Indian word for grandmother?
Nukumi
How did oral history important to the anishinabe haudenosaunee and mikmaq today?
Oral history helped pass down stories and legends
What were the mikmaq culture beliefs?
they eat worms and little things
What did mikmaq people call their homeland?
they now call it mikmakik, but the word mikmaq is influenced by the french, so it could have been L'nukik since the mikmaq called themselves lnu
How did the mikmaq cook food?
they sit on tolliet and they pooping and later that eat it :)
What do the MikMaq tribes eat?
Kwe' (greetings). Yesterday evening my husband, his parents, and I had pork roast and peas with chocolate cake. We are Mi'kmaq people of the Bear River, Nova Scotia, tribe.
How do the mikmaq teach history of their people?
the mikmaq aka (L'nu) taught history throught stories and legends. Example: The mikmaq land was destroyed, the forests burnt the river dryed, no animals left but a few, so Bear came and taught the mikmaq to respect the land and use everybit of its catch, and not to waste. This might have been the telling of the asteroid that hit north America 13,000 years ago.
What is the mikmaq Indian word for grandmother?
Nukumi
What was the spiritual significance of the game lacrosse?
The mikmaq people use to have the signification by having there game going for a day long without stopping
How did the mikmaq use technology?
lived in wigwams traveled by foot or canoe
How do you say hello in the mikmaq language?
The Mi'kmaq word for hello is kwe'
Did the mi'kmaq have enemys?
The mikmaq were once enemies with the Mohawks and waged war with them. They were also enemies with the British.
How did the Mikmaq get to Canada?
They got to Canada by a large peice of ice from Europe to P.E.I (Prince Edward Island).
How did oral history important to the anishinabe haudenosaunee and mikmaq today?
Oral history helped pass down stories and legends
