On the west coast, the Kwakiutl (Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw) in Haida G’Wai (Queen Charlotte Islands) were rampant slavers, raiding neighboring tribes regularly before the Europeans came.
Pacific North East Indians (no dot) were raided every year in the fall by the Canadian tribes for slaves. Mostly men were killed and the women taken as slaves. All the stored food was also taken. Fall was when every one who could either hid in the deep forests or high up in the mountains.
But most times, food was so plentiful that no one worried about it. Shellfish & crabs were considered ‘starvation’ food.
In addition to the plentiful salmon, there were deer and elk. Then there were also 7 types of edible berries which were, like meat, dried and the berries formed into fist-sized balls.