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all first nations across the country, with the exception of the pacific coast, made  their clothing - usually tunics, leggings and moccasins - of tanned animals skin. woodland and northern first nations used moose, deer or caribou skin. plains first nations mostly used light animals skins, such as buffalo, antelope elk or deer.

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all first nations across the country hunted and gathered plants for both food and medicinal purposes. the actual percentage of meat, fish and plants in any first nation's diet depended on what was available in the local environment.

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first nation in Canadian society.

despite decades of difficult and painful living condition under the restrictive regulations of the Indian act, many first nations answered the call to arms during both  world wars and the Korean war. approximately 6,000 aboriginal soldiers from across Canada served in the first world war alone.