Ethnobotany
So Our Voices Are Heard: Forest Use and Changing Gender Roles of Dene Women in Hay River, Northwest Territories
Spirit of the Trees: A Six-Part Educational DVD Series Exploring the Link between Trees and Forests and Native American Cultures
Films feature 40 Indigenous tribes and nations and give insights into spiritual practices, foods and medicines, art and music, shelter and land management associated with the natural environment.
Related Material: Videos.
Sprouting Valley: Historical Ethnobotany of the Northern Pomo from Potter Valley, California
Spruce Tree = Ts’u
Brief description of some of the uses of the tree.
Stewardship, Health Sovereignty And Biocultural Diversity: Contemporary Medicinal Plant Use In Indigenous Communities Of Maine, Usa And New Brunswick, Canada
Natural Resources Thesis (PhD) -- Cornell University, 2015.
Students Meet the Plant Tribes
Tea Time
Lesson plan for use with Relatives with Roots written and illustrated by Leah Marie Dorion.
Teaching with Indian Givers
La terre qui pousse: L'ethnobotanique innue d'Ekuanitshit
Textile Fibers Used In Eastern Aboriginal North America
Thirtieth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1908-1909
Through the Lens of the Land: Reflections from Archaeology, Ethnoecology, and Environmental Science on Collaborations with First Nations, 1970s to the Present
Tolerance to Sand Burial, Trampling, and Drought of Two Subarctic Coastal Plant Species (Leymus mollis and Trisetum spicatum)
Traditional Coast Salish Foods
List of approximately 300 food sources divided by shellfish and marine life, fish and reptiles, mammals, birds, and plants. Information gathered 2003 survey of 130 archaeological sites, ethnographic accounts and Coast Salish Elders, hunters, fisherman and gatherers.
Traditional Foods and Indigenous Recipes in B.C.'s Public Institutions
Traditional Foods Are Healthy Foods
Includes colouring pages, nutritional information, tips for preparation and recipes using plants and animals found in the Northwest Territories.
Traditional Harvesting Number 1: Wild Rose
Lesson plan for Grades 1-4 involves learning about growing and harvesting plants and their names in Michif.
Additional resources: Plant Harvesting Image Cards; Michif Terms Teacher Card.
Traditional Harvesting Number 2: Wild Rose
Lesson plan for Grades 4-7 goals include recognizing the importance of harvesting, and identifying and describing the uses of several plants using Michif and English terms.
Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property: A Handbook on Issues and Options for Traditional Knowledge Holders in Protecting their Intellectual Property and Maintaining Biological Diversity
Traditional Knowledge Background Briefs
Traditional Knowledge Overview For the Athabasca River Watershed: Contributed to the Athabasca Watershed Council State of the Watershed Phase 1 Report
Traditional Métis Medicines and Remedies
Traditional Native American Medicine in Dermatology
Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples: Nutrition, Botany and Use
Traditional Plant Knowledge of the Tsimshian: Unit Plan for Secondary Sciences, Social Studies, and Applied Skills
Recommended for: Science Grades 9-12; Resource Science (forests) Grades 11 and 12; Science and Technology Grade 11; Social Studies Grades 11-12; and Home Economics Grades 11-12.
Traditional Plants
Photographs of 20 plants accompanied by a brief description of their medicinal uses.
Traditional Use of Medicinal Plants in the Boreal Forest of Canada: Review and Perspectives
Traditional Use of Tobacco in Aboriginal Cultures
Tribal Parks and Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas: Lessons Learned from B.C. Examples
Ts'úu isgyáan Sgahláang = Yellow and Red Cedar
Science unit also teaches the Haida language. Intended for Grades K-2.
Related Material: Teacher Resources.
Turuturu: Integrating Indigenous and Western Knowledge
The Two-Eyed Seeing Garden
Two Ways of Knowing: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Scientific Knowledge
Includes explanation of the main features of the two knowledge systems and three brief case studies: Indigenous plant classification and nomenclature; pine mushroom industry in Northwestern BC; smallpox epidemic of 1862; and AIDS and its impact on Indigenous populations.
Recommended for Grade 8 Biology.
Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants and Fungi Haisla Among the Oweekeno, Hanaksiala (Kitlope and Kemano), Haisla (Kitamaat) and Kitasoo Peoples of the Central and North Coasts of British Columbia
Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native People of Eastern Canada
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region
Forms part of Thirty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1911-1912.
Verna Patronella Johnston Interview
Voice of the Drum: Indigenous Education and Culture
Wáhta Teachings
Educational resource about the sugar maple combines traditional Indigenous Knowledge and plant science.
Related Material: Ziizibaakwadgummig: The Sugar Bush.
Waiting for Coyote's Call: An Eco-Memoir From the Missouri River Bluff
A Walk on the Tundra: Book Study
A Walk on the Tundra: Junior Book Study
Walking on Our Lands Again: Turning to Culturally Important Plants and Indigenous Conceptualizations of Health in a Time of Cultural and Political Resurgence
Examines the role of ethnobotany in decolonization.
Walking with Aalasi: Book Study
Walking with Aalasi: Field Study
Series of activities centred around traditional Inuit plant use. Part of the Adult Basic Education program in Nunavut.
Wanuskewin Oct 8th 2000. - Slide.
Historical note:
The Wanuskewin Heritage Park is located northeast of the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It opened in June 1992, after three years of planning for a park that would not only preserve centuries of cultural heritage, but also help build a bridge between First Nations and non-First Nations people of the province.The Ways of Knowing Guide
What a Basket Holds
"When Willow Roots Start to Thaw, People Come Back to Life...": Relations of Chukchi Reindeer Herders to Plants
Examines the relationship between reindeer herders and ethnobotany.