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Traditional Native American Foods of Puget Sound

Stories from the ancestors and the archeological record agree: Native Coast Salish peoples had an incredibly diverse knowledge about the food plants and animals of this region. This short video, created by the Burke Museum, offers an overview of what food systems would have looked like while extensive networks of riparian brackish marshes still existed before colonization.

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