What did algonquians eat?

Answer 1

The Algonquin did some farming, but were mainly hunters; they hunted, trapped and fished. The Algonquian lived somewhat outside the wild rice region which provided an important part of the diet for other tribes in the northern Great Lakes.

Although a few southern bands were just beginning to grow corn, the Algonquian relied heavily on hunting for their food which made them excellent hunters and trappers. They used fish to fertilize their corn fields and tapped maple trees for sap to make their sugar.

The Algonquin Indians that lived on the coast. They often had clambakes; a picnic where they ate clams, oysters, lobsters, mussels, and other shellfish. During these clambakes the Indians wrapped fish in seaweed then cooked it in a pit dug in the earth.

The Great Lakes Tribes were excellent hunters, farmers, and food gatherers. They ate wild birds, deer, moose, and rabbit and the men hunted moose, caribou, beaver, otter, and other small animals. The women gathered roots, seeds, wildrice, nuts, greens, and berries and grew corn, beans, and squash which were called "The Three Sisters" two other things they grew were potatoes, peppers. A main food was the wild rice the Indians gathered that grew in the marshlands around the Great Lakes. The Indians of the Great Lakes knocked off the grains with sticks so the rice fell into their canoes.

Answer 2

the algonquians fished and hunted caribou moose and deer. they also gathered wild plants nuts and berries

Answer 3

They ate dry bread and watery soup

Answer 4

Bear