What did Passamaquoddy Indians use for transportation in the days before cars?
Did they paddle canoes? Yes–the Passamaquoddy tribe was well-known for their birchbark canoes. Here’s a picture of the traditional canoe style they used. Canoeing is still popular in the Passamaquoddy tribe, though not many people handcraft their own canoe from birch bark anymore. Over land, Passamaquoddy people used dogs as pack animals. (There were no horses in North America until colonists brought them over from Europe.) The Passamaquoddy used sleds and snowshoes to help them travel in the winter. They learned to make those tools from northern neighbors like the Crees. Today, of course, Passamaquoddy people also use cars… and non-native people also use canoes. What was Passamaquoddy food like in the days before supermarkets? The Passamaquoddy people moved around a lot as they collected food for their families. Usually the Passamaquoddy tribe would travel to the coast in summertime to fish, hunt porpoise, and plant corn, and then back inland during the winter to hunt game. Fish is
