Mary wrote:
> In my book on the Coastal Indians, the author mentions that they lived on
> salmon for part of the year, when berries were in season, they lived almost
> exclusively on berries.

Which book is that?  I have trouble imagining any H-G group living
almost solely on berries for any significant length of time.  The Nootka
valued berries highly too, and dried them for future consumption, but
they continued to eat a lot of seafood throughout the year.

-- Aaron Wieland