Table 3.

Positive and negative COVID-19-related impacts on traditional/subsistence food access (n 36)

Positive impact on traditional/subsistence food access	Code definition	Discussed in # of interviews (n 36)	%
Sharing food	Sharing traditional/subsistence foods positively impacts access to them	10	28
Sharing food with Elders	Sharing traditional/subsistence foods with Elders increased access to them for that demographic	5	14
More traditional/subsistence foods	Respondent reported more access to traditional/subsistence foods during the pandemic	4	11
More use of traditional medicine	More use of traditional medicine reported due to the pandemic, including stinkweed and traditional foods as medicine	4	11
Negative impact on traditional/subsistence food access	Code definition	# (%) of interviews
Restricted travel	Travel restrictions to the remote community from urban and other remote communities reduced capacity to obtain subsistence/traditional foods	10	27
Less traditional/subsistence foods	Respondent reported limited access to traditional/subsistence foods due to the pandemic in general (n 7) and less for Elders specifically (n 2)	9	25
Limited processing/storing foods	Fewer individuals and/or supplies available to process (n 4)/store (e.g. jar) (n 4) foods	8	22
Fewer people to hunt/fish/pick	Fewer hunters, fishers and other harvesters present in the community to obtain foods	7	19
Fewer economic resources	Fewer economic resources were available for gas and other supplies needed to obtain foods	2	6
Decrease in available knowledge	Due to the inability to travel or gather in large groups, knowledge related to food procurement, processing and storage was less available	1	3