Use and Nutrient Composition of Traditional Sahtú (Hareskin) Dene/Métis Foods

✍ Scribed by Harriet V. Kuhnlein; Donna Appavoo; Natalia Morrison; Rula Soueida; Patricia Pierrot

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 603 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0889-1575
• DOI: 10.1006/jfca.1994.1015

✦ Synopsis

Foods indigenous to two communities of the Sahtú Dene/Métis of the Northwest Territories, Canada, are reported for their use frequency and for their composition for moisture, protein, fat. ash, computed carbohydrate and energy, and for the mineral elements Ca. P. Na. K. Fe, Zn. Cu. (\mathrm{Mg}), and Mn. Summary data are also reported for the contents of (\mathrm{Cr}, \mathrm{Co}, \mathrm{Ba}, \mathrm{Mo}, \mathrm{Sn}, \mathrm{Sr}, \mathrm{Ti}, \mathrm{Ni}). (\mathrm{Si}), and (\mathrm{V}). This is the first comprehensive report of this group of nutrients in the primary foods of the Sahtú Dene/Métis traditional food system, and it is the first report for many nutrients in several of the foods. New information is presented for several land mammals. birds, fish, and berries. The species most frequently reported to be used are caribou (Rangifer tarandts), moose (Alces alces), beaver (Castor canadensis), muskrat (Ondatra zihethicus). Canada goose (Branta canadensis), burbot (Lota lota), whitefish (Coregomus chapeaformis), black scoter (Melanitta nigra), ptarmigan (Lagopus sp), and berries (Vactinium myrtilloides, Rihes oxyancanthoides, Vaccinium vitis-iduea, etc.) Data on several other species are presented. c1 1994 Academic Press. Inc.