Nez Perce Food & Drink by Emily Gigliotti

gigliottie1 — 2025-09-23 11:42:13 UTC

The Nez Perce people relied on berries found on their homeland. Berries were used to eat, and paint buffalo hides for clothing and shelter.

masontul27 — 2025-09-25 12:40:28 UTC

The Nez Perce knew their surroundings because they know where everything grow at and they know when everything was ripe. they also ate buffalo

carmendib27 — 2025-09-25 12:44:35 UTC

Some food and drinks the Nez Perce people relied on abundant fish and root resources, some tribes had special drinks such as, honey or maple syrup was mixed with water to make a punch. some other things they ate were berries some berries they ate were, blueberries, wild grapes,huckleberries,serviceberries,currants,cranberries, and many more.

elizabethsut27 — 2025-09-25 12:46:38 UTC

There were 36 different types of fruits that Indians dried up to eat in the winter. Kids would make their own punch, they also ate buffalo, plants, berries, wild grapes and so on. Berries were used to eat and use it to paint there home.

briannacas27 — 2025-09-25 12:48:54 UTC

I learned how the Nez Perce people made their food and drink. One way they got food was they fished. There were many different ways for fishing. One way was building a dam with dirt, rocks and fallen trees. Then when fish got trapped they would scoop them up. Another thing the Nez Perce ate was many different barriers, like, strawbarries, blueberries, wild grapes, huckleberries, serviceberries, currants, cranberries, nad many more! Something they made to drink was honey or maple syrup in water to make punch. Another thing they drank was ice could water from mountain streams or rivers.

bradygib27 — 2025-09-25 12:49:27 UTC

The Nez Perce people relied on hunting for buffalo for food,shelter and clothing. Many berries were dried up and eaten in the winter. Kids even made their own punch out of 36 different types of berries.

braydengol27 — 2025-09-25 12:50:11 UTC

The Nez perce had 36 different berries, and hunted Buffalos for days and had to set up Tipis so they could rest when they caught the buffalo they put it on a wagon and brought it back and they used bow and arrows to catch them, they used its meat for food. They also caught fish, and anything that they would want to save for winter they was dried and save for winter.

abigaildia27 — 2025-09-25 13:05:50 UTC

I learned that there were 36 different kinds of fruits the Nez Perce dried up to eat in the winter. The kids made their own drinks. They also used buffalo for their meat for food.

briellebog27 — 2025-09-25 15:02:26 UTC

They had 36 different kinds of berries they also dried them up to eat in the winter they also hunted for fish and buffalo and they also ate stew and their ingredients in the stew were potato and dumplings . They drank teas they made them with kinds of berries and they dropped them into boiling water. The Nez Perce also drank ice cold water from mountain streams. Some of the berries were grapes, huckle berries, cranberries and a lot more!!

landonwit27 — 2025-09-25 15:02:30 UTC

The Nez Perce people had an abundant of important food such as fish and dried meat they also had 36 different types of fruit that the Indians dried to eat in the winter. The Nez Perce people also used there advantage of buffalo for meat they could eat. Then Nez Perce people would know what the plants looked like, where they were grew, and when they got ripe every year.

vincentgoo27 — 2025-09-25 15:02:37 UTC

The Nez Perce relied on buffole for food and clothing there was also 36 different types of berries they would eat. would eat staple food called pemmican they would slice it very thin then pounded or ground with stones to dry poweder chopped dry berries to powder meat and melted fat. another main thing is the fish they eat.stuff they would drink is ice cold water and they had speicale drinks .

josephamb27 — 2025-09-25 15:03:59 UTC

I learned that the Nez Perce people had many different foods but there many one they most likely hunted buffalo because it was there best animal to hunt it gave the cloths, food, and other important stuff. They also had fish that they ate, berries in fact 36 different types of berries.