Food
The Algonquin's were semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers. That means they didn't do much farming, and moved around a lot as they collected food for their families. Besides fish and meat, the Algonquin's gathered berries and wild plants to eat. They also traded with neighboring tribes to get corn, and made maple syrup from tree sap. They were too far north to rely solely on horticulture however, some groups did farm. The Mi'kmaq's grew Tabaco. Ottawa, Abeneki, and Algonquin grew corn, beans, and squash. The most important animal to the Eastern woodlands hunters was the white-tailed deer. White-tailed deer were hunted for their meat, but the skins were also dried and used in making their houses and clothing.
Shelter
The Algonquin's didn't live in tepees. For most of the year they lived in settled villages of birch bark houses, called waginogans or wigwam. During the winter, villages spilt up to go to hunting camps, and each Algonquin family built a smaller cone-shaped wigwam for their camp, also made from birch bark. Today Native Americans only build a birch bark home for fun or to connect with their heritage. Most Algonquin people live in modern houses and apartment buildings, just like you.