Editing Innu (section)

===Traditional foods===
Animals traditionally eaten included [[moose]], caribou, [[porcupine]], rabbits, [[marten]], [[Groundhog|woodchuck]], squirrel; [[Canada goose]], [[snow goose]], [[Brant (goose)|brant]]s, ducks, [[teal]], [[loon]]s, [[spruce grouse]], [[woodcock]], [[snipe]], [[passenger pigeon]]s, [[rock ptarmigan|ptarmigan]]; [[freshwater whitefish|whitefish]], [[lake trout]], salmon, [[Arctic char]], [[Pinniped|seal]] (''naskapi'') [[Esox|pike]], [[walleye]], [[Catostomidae|suckerfish]] (''Catostomidae''), [[sturgeon]], [[catfish]], [[lamprey]], and [[smelt (fish)|smelt]]. Fish were eaten roasted or smoke-dried. Moose meat and several types of fish were also smoked. [[Bannock (British and Irish food)|Oat bannock]], introduced by the French in the 16th century, became a staple and [[Bannock (Indigenous American food)|Indigenous bannock]] is still eaten today. Meat was eaten frozen, raw or roasted, and caribou was sometimes boiled in a stew. [[Pemmican]] was made with moose or caribou.

Plants traditionally eaten included raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, cherries, [[wild grape]]s, [[hazelnut]]s, crab apples, [[Lilium lancifolium|red martagon]] bulbs, [[Apios americana|Indian potato]], and maple-tree [[sap]] for sweetening. [[Cornmeal]] was traded with other [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations peoples]], such as the Iroquois, Algonquin, and [[Abenaki]], and made into apon ([[cornbread]]), which sometimes also included oat or wheat flour when it became available. [[Pine needle tea]] was meant to keep away infections and colds resulting from the harsh weather.