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Indigenous Food Wellness Hub.

Welcome to the

First Peoples 
Food Wellness Hub

This virtual space is dedicated to highlighting and centering traditional foods of the First Peoples of what is currently known as British Columbia. We thank the First Peoples of these unceded and treaty territories for sharing their knowledge on foods and well-being practices for the health of our communities and future generations. We encourage non-Indigenous visitors to click here to learn more about how to work respectfully and responsibly with this website before proceeding.
A digital watercolor illustration of a traditional Indigenous food spread, featuring salmon, various berries, wild rice, and camas bulbs on a white background.

Regional Food Map

We share this map with great humility and care, acknowledging the inherent challenges with creating static borders to represent distinct Nations and language regions.

Find resources using the Regional Map by clicking geographic areas.

Resource Hub Regional Food Map

Tsimshianic

Na-Dene, Algonquian

Urban and Away from Home, Métis, and Inuit

Coast Salish

Interior Salish, Ktunaxa

Xaad Kil/Xaayda Kil (Haida), Lingit

Wakashan

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Themes

Find specific resources by clicking through the following themes.
Resource Hub Resources for non-Indigenous people

Featured Resource

Wild Salmon Caravan

The Wild Salmon Caravan is a grassroots initiative that celebrates wild salmon's cultural and ecological importance through art, music, and community events, advocating for their protection and sustainable coexistence.

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Featured Resource

Keenawaii’s Kitchen

For chef Keenawaii (Roberta Olson), food is more than sustenance; it’s a cultural experience filled with symbolism and important nuggets of wisdom that can be transferred only through the sharing of an authentic Haida meal, often accompanied by singing and storytelling.

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A Salmon for Simon by Betty Waterton

A Salmon for Simon tells the story of a Native boy living along the Pacific Northwest Coast. His community depends upon the salmon, and Simon spends all summer trying out his new fishing pole trying to catch one of the magnificent fish.

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Toasted Sister Podcast

After contact, Indigenous foodways and knowledge were devastated, nearly destroyed and replaced with foods that are far from the people. So Andi Murphy is talking to Native chefs and foodies about what Indigenous cuisine is, where it comes from, where it’s headed and how it’s used to connect them and their communities to their origins and traditions.

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Authentic Indigenous Seafood

Authentic Indigenous Seafood is a co-op of sustainable Indigenous fisheries across Canada, featuring small to medium-sized enterprises that are guided by traditional principles of ecological sustainability.

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