---------------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------------------------ English Name | Assiniboin name | Method of preparation ---------------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------------------------ Prairie turnip (pomme blanche) | Teep-se-nah | Dried and pounded. Service berries | We-pah-zoo-kah | Dried. Bull berries (grains des boeufs) | Taque-sha-shah | Do. Chokecherries | Cham-pah | Pounded with seeds and dried. Red plums | Caun-tah | Stones extracted and dried. Wild grapes | Chint-kah | Not preserved; eaten ripe. Currants | Wecha-ge-nus-kah | Do. Gooseberries | Chap-tah-ha-zah | Do. Wild rhubarb | Chan-hn-no-ha | Tops eaten raw or boiled. Fungus growing on trees | Chaun-no-ghai | Not dried; found in winter. Artichokes | Pung-ghai | Eaten raw or boiled; not preserved. Berries of the red willow | Chau-sha-sha | Eaten raw only in great need. Antelope turnips | Ta-to-ka-na Teep-se-nah | Boiled and dried. Wild garlic | Ta-poo-zint-kah | Raw; not preserved. A berry called | Me-nun | Not dried; eaten ripe. Acorns[31] | Ou-tah-pe | Roasted and dried. Strawberries | Wa-zshu-sta-cha | Not dried. Inner bark of cottonwood | Wah-chin-cha-ha | Resorted to in time of actual famine. Berries of the smoking weed | She-o-tak-kah | Not preserved; eaten ripe. A root resembling artichoke | Ske-ske-chah | Dried, pounded, and boiled. Buds of the wild rose | We-ze-zeet-kah | Found everywhere all winter on the stalk. Red haw berries | Tas-paun | Not dried; eaten in fall and winter. ---------------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------------------------ [31] Found only along White Earth River. ANIMALS EATEN BY INDIANS