Lake Babine Nation History

Lake Babine Nation Clans Beaver/Grouse clan

Frog/Marten Clan

Caribou/Mountain

Bear/Grizzly Clan

That’s all the clans I could think of.

History time line of Lake Babine

The Lake Babine Nation people lived along the shores of Lake Babine and down the Lake Babine River.

The fish weirs belonged to the clans it was the responsibility of the chiefs to allocate individual sites. The chiefs did not practice ownership over the resources but a stewardship to take care of their members.

Prior to contact with the Europeans they captured and use of salon played a central role in the lives of the Lake Babine people . The Babine people dried or smoked the sockeye in vast quantities.

Native traditional food Aboriginal people spend most of the summer harvesting fish salmon , Coho , trout , many other different fish . They gut cut and clean , then air dry for a day . Next day they cut stips and thin out of fish for y 2 dry , dry or make steaks . They do this for 4 days they eat the eyes fish heart fish eggs by boiling or frying. They eat other wild game such a s moos deer rabbit bear grouse ducks , ptarmigans , they eat the heart lungs kidnys nose, liver , tripe from the moose

Berries were harvested such as blue berries huckleberries raspberries , strawberries saskatoon berries soapberries and they us many roots from plants as meds lavender tea , juniper ,devils club and willow.

MY GENIUS HOUR QUESTIONS How long were

ancestors here in this country Canada?

Did our ancestors make their clothing out of animal skins?

What did they live in?

What food did they eat?

Answer !!!The first nation people are the first people to live in Canada. It is believed that they have been in Canada for 10 thousand years to this moment!!

Answer !! • They made

moccusins , coats , dresses , jewelry , head dress out of moose , deer , beaver quills , bear , rabbit , lynx's and other little animals

AnswerThey lived in huge pit houses with at hole at the top !!

Answer They ate moose , deer , beaver, fish , berry's , rabbits and other wild life animal and berrys

CREDITS

Mrs. Thompson

Mrs. Abraham

Thank you so much