Native Foods

A project for 6th grade social studies following the reading of The Birchbark House by Louise Erdich. I learned about 10 native foods that the first people would have eaten during the setting of the book, in Northern Wisconsin. They were on an island near Madeline Island.

Common Dog-violet 1
Viola conspersa
Wild Grape 2
Vitis riparia
Wild Leek 3
Allium tricoccum
red clover 4
Trifolium pratense
Common Cattail 5
Typha latifolia
Wild Blueberry 6
Vaccinium angustifolium
Prickly Gooseberry 7
Ribes cynosbati
Wild Rice 8
Zizania aquatica
Wild Mustard 10
Sinapis arvensis

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