World Pemmican and Bannock Day
Together these two Indigenous Canadian foods sustained the fur trade, the western expansion, and communities through countless winters. They are the original Canadian survival foods.
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Together these two Indigenous Canadian foods sustained the fur trade, the western expansion, and communities through countless winters. They are the original Canadian survival foods.
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