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edition:Hardcover
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category: Social Science
published: Nov 1999
ISBN:9780774807371
publisher: UBC Press

Aboriginal Plant Use in Canada's Northwest Boreal Forest

by Robin Marles

tagged: native american studies, botany
Description

This handbook describes the traditional uses by aboriginal people of more than 200 different plants from Canada's boreal forest. It is the result of original ethnobotanical fieldwork in 29 communities across the boreal forest region of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Natural resources of the boreal forest have always been essential to the dietary, medical, economic, and spiritual well-being of First Nations people, but until now much of their traditional environmental knowledge has remained unrecorded and at risk of being lost.

About the Author

Robin Marles

Contributor Notes

Robin J. Marles is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Botany Department at Brandon University in Manitoba. He has been conducting research on the traditional uses, chemistry, pharmacology, and sustainable production of medicinal and edible plants for over 20 years. Christina Clavelle recently completed her Master's degree from the University of Saskatchewan Biology and Anthropology/Archaeology Departments. Leslie Monteleone is a graduate student in the University of Alberta Botany Department. Natalie Tays is a member of the Nisichawayasihk First Nation and a school teacher in Nelson House, Manitoba. Donna Burns is a member of the James Smith First Nation, James Smith 100 Reserve, Saskatchewan, and a former University of Saskatchewan student.

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