Two Drinks That Never Were: Native Alcohol Traditions in the Pacific Northwest

If you ever find yourself reading through the Wikipedia article on &ldquo;Alcohol and Native Americans&rdquo; or &ldquo;The History of Alcoholic Beverages,&rdquo; you may find the following passages: &ldquo;In the northwest, the Kwakiutl of Vancouver Island produced a mildly alcoholic drink using elderberry juice, black chitons, and tobacco.[57] Despite the fact that they had little to no…