The native peoples of this region, the subarctic, had to adapt to this climate in many ways, including making clothes from fur, wearing snowshoes, and carefully insulating their homes. Readers are introduced to which groups can be classified as subarctic and the traditional ways of life they practice. Learn how the fur trade impacted these groups, how they found food, and more.

Who were the subarctic people? -- The cold north -- Food from the hunt -- Following the herd -- Ojibwe canoes and snowshoes -- Hunting units of the Denesuliné -- The Gwich'in on the hunt -- The wigwam and the tepee -- The Athabascan keep warm -- Fishing with the Dogrib -- A nation of beavers -- The slavey -- Fur trade and today.