First Farmers
Which of the SPARK questions below could you find out more about? Use these questions to help you focus your research and find information.
What role did agriculture play in the lives of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples?
How do First Nations, Métis and Inuit ways of knowing contribute to agricultural practices today?
Has the idea of respectful use of land and resources changed over time? In what ways?
THINK ABOUT what you know about the relationships that First Nations, Métis and Inuit people had to plants and animals in their environments. Consider how this knowledge of the environment helped early settlers and homesteaders. Find examples of the types of food that First Nations, Métis and Inuit people ate. Describe how some of these foods are used today.