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Lauren Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Fair address: Annapolis Valley Regional School Board

Project: Appetites of Aboriginals

My project looks at how the Aboriginal people traditionally used natural resources to provide food for themselves. I used modern day technology and ingredients to create two of their dishes.

What was the most interesting thing you learned about your topic?

The most interesting thing that I learned was that the Inuit ate high fat food and it allowed them to survive the extreme cold winters. It was also neat to see how they could find a use for every part of the animal and not have anything go to waste.

What important lessons have you learned that you want to share with other Canadians?

It is important for Canadians to understand how Aboriginal people were resourceful in being able to live and survive in their environment. They used natural resources and they did not waste anything. They shared what they had and were creative in what they made.

How would you compare your life today to the lives of those studied in your project?

Our life today is much easier in the sense that we can just go to the grocery store and pick up ingredients. They had to think ahead and be prepared for the winter months. Unfortunately, I think we waste more today than years ago.

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Julienne from NWT says:

What was your favourite part of this video?: My favorite part was when Lauren was showing us how to make the two types of food which was Bannock and Pemmican.

What do you think this Young Citizen did really well?: I think Lauren did really well on the cooking with modern technology. Lauren used a cooking show atmosphere to present her topic.

What did you learn from the video?: I learned how to cook the beef jerky. That was really neat because I have not seen that done before.

Any other comments you’d like to share with this Young Citizen?: I liked Lauren's video, it was really neat and I liked the cooking incorporated with her video that was really creative.

Kayla from NWT says:

What was your favourite part of this video?: My favourite part of Lauren's video was how she turned what aboriginal people ate into a cooking show which made the video fun to watch.

What do you think this Young Citizen did really well?: I think Lauren did a really good job on telling us about how the Inuit used every part of the animal when they hunted and let nothing go to waste. She also said what they used each part for.

What did you learn from the video?: I learned how to make pemmican using modern methods.

Any other comments you’d like to share with this Young Citizen?: I've gone to a traditional camp and there we made bannock over a campfire.

Project partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage.
  • Canadian Heritage / Patrimoine Canadien
  • Government of Canada
  • HBC: Hudson's Bay Company
  • ecentricarts inc.