Subarctic

As you see on the map, this part of Canada covers a huge area and includes many different tribes, including the Gwich’in up in the Yukon, the Dene in the northwest, The Cree and Ojibwa in the East, to name a few. Even though there were a wide variety of tribes in this region, there weren’t that many people altogether living there.

That’s partly because the weather is extreme and harsh and partly because many of the larger animals for hunting would migrate south during the winter. Many bands would live by following the herds wherever they went, so they were always moving from place to place. Since life was harder in this part of Canada, different bands worked together a lot to help each other survive. People would form groups to do certain tasks, like trapping, gathering berries and fishing. They would also trade food and medicine.