Traditional food refers to the foods that Indigenous people (First Nation, Métis, and Inuit) consumed prior to European contact. Traditional foods are known to not only have significant nutritional benefits, but also cultural and spiritual benefits. This resource focuses Did you know? on traditional foods that are indigenous to , as they can vary throughout Canada. Where To Buy The chart below shows what we defined as traditional foods while preparing this guide. However, it is important to note that many of the Fish is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, an essential nutrient that your body cannot make on its own and must be obtained from the Indigenous foods listed are not available in stores (see the legend below for the foods found in Winnipeg stores). There are many stores in diet. Pickerel is one of the most common traditional foods Winnipeg that sell more common foods like bison, vegetables and fish (and one of the most delicious) found in Winnipeg stores. Traditional Food and we were unable to name them all, so don’t forget to ask your local grocery store or meat shop if they carry traditional foods! While meats were traditionally harvested from the wild, today Wild rice is not actually rice, it is the seed of a native in Winnipeg the sale of the meat of a wild animal (other than fish) is illegal in North American long-grain marsh grass! The Ojibway word for Manitoba. All of the meat listed as available for sale in this guide wild rice, manoomin, means good berry. has been raised on a farm. Category Foods

Large Bear, beaver, bison, coyote, (white-tailed) deer animals (venison), elk, moose, lynx, caribou Traditional meats have significant nutritional benefits. Bison, deer, and moose are all very high in protein, iron, Small Duck, goose, grouse (rock/willow), partridge, prairie and B vitamins and are also very low in fat! animaLS chickens, ptarmigan, muskrat, rabbit, wildfowl (chicken), wild turkey, muskrat

Fish Bass, bullfish, catfish, jackfish, lake sturgeon, lake trout, pickerel, perch, speckled trout, suckers, walleye, whitefish, white sucker fish Indigenous families have historically gardened many fresh Berries Blackberries, blueberries, chokecherries, crab apples, cranberries, vegetables such as potatoes, cabbage, onions, corn, carrots, gooseberries, pincherries, raspberries, saskatoons, strawberries, currants, smooth sumac, buffaloberry & soapberry, red cherries, pumpkins, herbs, and turnips. Vegetables and herbs were often Canadian plum & American plum dried or grounded into flours in order to prevent spoilage, and to provide year-round access to otherwise seasonal produce. Garden Beans, carrots, corn, cabbage, green beans, onions, potatoes

Other Edible wild plants (eg: dandelion greens), hazelnuts, pink roses, Labrador tea, licorice, mint leaves, squash, weekay, wild grapes, This guide was developed based upon store visits in Summer 2015, wild onion, wild plums, wild potatoes, wild rhubarb, wild rice, and is subject to change. wild turnip, 100% pure maple syrup

Legend of foods found in Winnipeg stores:

BISON rabbit

ELK DUCK

Fish – pickerel, goldeye, venison trout, pike, white fish, cod Unit 4, 640 Broadway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 0X3 204-943-0822 wild Berries – [email protected] Wild rice products wild blueberries, wild – wild rice and wild rice saskatoons www.foodmattersmanitoba.ca pastas/prepared foods Funding for this project has been made possible through a contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada. PERIMETER HWY. PERIMETER HWY.

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1. Vita Health / Garden City 12. Food Fare (Harry’s Foods) 22. Local Meats & Frozen Treats MCPHILLIPS ST. 2211 McPhillips Street 905 Portage Avenue 8-1604 St. Mary’s Road MUNICIPAL ST. SEVEN OAKS HEADMASTER ROW (204) 984-9555 (204) 987-8849 (204) 255-2172 1 HENDERSON HWY.

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31 MAPLE DR. I ASPEN AVE. S T 2ND AVE. RA 2. Harris Meats 13. Organic Planet 23. Sausage Makers IL GATEWAY RD. RIVER EAST 1840 Arlington Street Worker Co-op Delicatessen Meat Market BURROWS AVE. SINCLAIR ST. (204) 339-8406 877 Westminster Avenue 630 Nairn Avenue CLANDEBOYE RD. INKSTER (204) 772-8771 (204) 667-2981 CENTREPORT CANADA WAY 2 INKSTER BLVD. MCLEOD AVE.

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West St. Paul BURROWS AVE. MCPHILLIPS ST. LAGIMODIÉRE BLVD. 3. Tenderloin Meat & Sausage 3 1483 Main Street 14. Vita Health / 24. Vita Health / KIMBERLY AVE. (204) 582-2280 Osborne Village Reenders Square REDWOOD AVE. BURROWS AVE. (FRESH MARKET) 46-11 Reenders Drive HENDERSON HWY. MAIN ST.

1-166 Osborne Street (204) 984-9553 STURGEON RD. DUFFERIN AVE. 4 CONCORDIA AVE. (204) 984-9551 4. Cantor’s 5 1445 Logan Avenue (& Quelsh) 6 7 (204) 774-1679 25. Kelmar Country Meats 8 GATEWAY RD. ARLINGTON ST. 15. The Fresh Carrot.ca & Deli LOGAN AVE. 2-230 Osborne St. 7-925 Headmaster Row WINNIPEG JAMES 24 ARMSTRONG RICHARDSON 23 (204) 453-6266 (204) 414-2550 SHERBROOK ST. NAIRN AVE. 5. Gimli Fish DOWNTOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NOTRE DAME AVE. 596 Dufferin Avenue 9 (204) 589-3474 SARGENT AVE. REGENT AVE.

CENTURY ST. SMITH ST. 16. G. J. Andrews Specialty 26. Vita Health / PROVENCHER BLVD. Food & Wine Shoppe St. Vital Square PERIMETER HWY. 384 Academy Road 19-845 Dakota Street 11 10 6. Mariner Neptune STURGEON RD.

ARCHIBALD ST. TRANSCONA (204) 487-7300 (204) 984-9554 OSBORNE ST. 472 Dufferin Avenue ST. JAMES / ASSINIBOIA 12

ST. DONALD (204) 589-5341 18 WESTMINSTER AVE. PORTAGE AVE. 13 MARION ST. PORTAGE AVE. S MARYLAND ST. T . M 17. Vita Health / Tuxedo Park 27. Marcello’s Meats 14 A ST. BONIFACE RY (FRESH MARKET) 15 ’S 9-200 Meadowood Drive ACADEMY RD. R 7. Neechi Foods D 180-2025 Corydon Avenue 16 .

(204) 256-6328 STAFFORD ST. BLVD. LAGIMODIÉRE 325 Dufferin Avenue (204) 984-9552 RIVER HEIGHTS (204) 586-5597 ROBLIN BLVD.

17 OSBORNE ST. 28. Gimli Fish ASSINIBOINE CORYDON AVE. 19 ROBLIN BLVD. 20 18. Vita Health / Westwood PARK 8. Neechi Commons 1083 St Mary’s Road (FRESH MARKET) (204) 256-3474 865 Main Street GRANT AVE. 1-3500 Portage Avenue GRANT AVE. (204) 949-1338 (204) 984-9559

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29. Miller’s Super Valu Meats ASSINIBOINE SOUTH TAYLOR AVE. TAYLOR AVE.

9. Winnipeg Specialty Meats #2-2425 Pembina Highway MARY’SST. RD. 19. Miller’s Super Valu Meats (204) 269-4442 7-1865 Sargent Avenue KENASTON BLVD.

590 St Mary’s Road WILKES AVE. PEMBINA HWY. ST. (204) 786-4000 WILKES AVE. (204) 233-5409 VITAL

30. Crampton’s Market 28 MCGILLIVRAY BLVD. (SEASONAL) 10. The Forks Market ASSINIBOINE 20. Gimli Fish 1765 Waverley Street MEADOWOOD DR. (Almond Tree, FOREST FORT GARRY 625 Pembina Highway (204) 269-3355 26 Grass Roots Kitchen, (204) 477-6831 PERIMETER HWY. 27 Casa Bella Deli & Market)

MCCREARY RD. 1 Forks Market Road BISHOP GRANDIN BLVD. PERIMETER HWY.

(204) 947-2795 31. Frigs Natural Meats & More 21 22 LAGIMODIÉRE BLVD. WAVERLEY ST. WAVERLEY

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rabbit meat sales. ST. MARY’S RD. 29

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