Centre for Indigenous Peoples Nutrition and Environment: Global Health Case Study – Nuxalk Nation, Bella Coola.

The food system and food composition studies were carried out with the Nuxalk Nation of Bella Coola, British Columbia, who live on a 25 km reserve at the mouth of the Bella Coola River on the eastern end of Burke Channel, a deep sea inlet.

The purpose of the study was to assess the availability and use of traditional foods among the Nuxalk Nation. Data on use of traditional and contemporary foods were gathered by holding focus groups and conducting interviews with elders and adults in the community of 800 people. Foods focused on included Fish and Seafood, Game, Wild Berries, Greens, Roots and Other Plants.