List of NTFP species mentioned during interviews and site visits with tribes in the BIA Midwest Region . Six tribes were interviewed in the Midwest Region. This table is a composite list of NTFP species mentioned during interviews and site visits. This list is provided as an indication of the types of species that are important to tribes. It is not exhaustive. In particular, medicinal species are likely lacking as this is closely held information. Names provided are the common names used by tribal members and staff during interviews.
Plants
Terrestrial Animals
Shrubs, vascular, & briophytes Trees
Cultural keystone
Big game Small game Birds
Fungi chaga
Fish
asparagus, wild
ash
bear
hare, snowshoe
ducks
leech
rice, wild
berries
ash, black (ash,brown) balsam, fir
morel, black deer
porcupine grouse
minnow
blueberry cranberry cranberry, highbush ginseng, American
morels
moose
rabbit
partridge
sturgeon
basswood mushrooms birch, paper penny bun (bolete)
squirrel
turkey
trout, brook trout, brown
cedar
puffballs
walleye
gooseberry fir, balsam grape, wild ironwood kinnikinnick (bearberry) Labrador tea pine, jack onion, wild (wild leeks) pine, red plum, wild pine, white raspberry tamarack (larch) rice, wild
whitefish
maple, sugar
rosehip sumac, staghorn sweetgrass
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