What do tikuna Indians eat?

Answer 1

Tikuna Indians eat different foods. However their variety is limited. Their staple food is a sort of flour they make out of poisonous roots. They do squeeze out the poison before they eat it in a special woven basket made out of palm leaves. A staple food means there main source of food. They also eat this usually accomponied by fish. They use many methods to get fish including spearing and poisoning. This is usually the food they have to eat all the time. They do grow crops and one of these crops are called manioc. Once the outer shell is pealed it tastes like marshmallow. It is a sort of fruit. There is only one man in the village who has a shotgun. This is used to kill bigger prey. However they only own 4 bullets meanng the person who gets the prey has to have perfect accuracy. This is impotant as the whole village will be depending on this one person to get food to eat. They usually shoot saki monkeys and deer. The tikuna Indians rarely get this. As you know they do eat many things but their choice is limited. I hope this answer helps you and has answered your question.