5,467 Blog Entries 3 http://www.google.com/search?q=pemmican http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemmican Pemmican is a concentrated mixture of fat and protein used as a nutritious food. The word comes from the Cree word pimîhkân , which itself is derived from the word pimî , "fat, grease". [1] It was invented by the native peoples of North America.