How did the cat lake people hunt and gather?

1. How did the cat lake people hunt and gather? By: Liam Simpson

2. What did they hunt and why? • The Cat Lake people hunted because… • During cold winter months the ground would be covered with snow and the lake would be frozen over. So they were forced to trap and hunt. They also hunted and fished in the summer.

3. Animals they hunted and trapped were… • Raccoon, bear, squirrel, beaver, moose, seal, caribou, whale

4. Weapons they used were… • Clubs Spears • Bow and arrow

5. These are the animals they hunted

6. Some of the traps they used were… • Trap • Snares • Deadfalls

7. Gathering… • While hunting the hunters would also gather. Some of the berries and plants they would gather in the summer were… • Black berries, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, wild rice, roots and nuts lots of nuts.

8. Pictures of the berries and plants…

9. This is a video of how the cat lake people would have trapped birds

10. The moral of the story is…do not use more from the eco system than you need.

11. Bibliography • http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_wh3.html • http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_History/The_People_of_the_Lands/Ojibwa

12. Thank you, hope you enjoyed my presentation!