Books & Articles
You can find information on Indigenous plants, ecology, and botany under the subject headings Health (S), and Ethnobotany (SN).
Plants, people, and places : the roles of ethnobotany and ethnoecology in Indigenous peoples' land rights in Canada and beyond by Call Number: SN T87 P535 2020ISBN: 9780228001836Publication Date: 2020While the First Peoples of Canada and other parts of the world have developed deep cultural understandings of plants and their environments, this knowledge is often underrecognized in debates about land rights and title, reconciliation, treaty negotiations, and traditional territories.
Walking Together, Working Together by Call Number: SA J645 W35 2022ISBN: 9781772125375Publication Date: 2023Topics include traditional healers and approaches to treatment of disease and illness; traditional knowledge and intellectual property around medicinal plant knowledge; the role of diet and traditional foods in health promotion; culturally sensitive approaches to healing work with urban Indigenous populations; and integrating biomedicine, alternative therapies, and Indigenous healing in clinical practice.
Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge by Call Number: SN T87 A53 2014ISBN: 9780773543805Publication Date: 2014- Herbarium : food, technological, and medicinal plant usage by the First Nations people of British Columbia byCall Number: SN R87 H47 1996Publication Date: 1996
Braiding sweetgrass by Call Number: N K56 B73 2013 & OnlineISBN: 9781571313355Publication Date: 2013See also "Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults."
Indigenous Food Systems: Concepts, Cases, and Conversations by ISBN: 9781773381091Through research and case studies, Indigenous and non-Indigenous food scholars and community practitioners explore the concepts, practices, and contemporary issues of various Indigenous food systems across Canada, including Anishinaabeg, Asatiwisipe, Cree, Métis, Migmag, and Tsartlip Nations.
Jesintel : living wisdom from Coast Salish elders by ISBN: 9780295748641Publication Date: 2023Featuring interviews that share powerful experiences and stories, Jesintel illuminates the importance of ethical reciprocal relationships and the interconnectedness of places, land, water, and the spirit within all things.
Luschiim's plants: traditional Indigenous foods, materials and medicines by Call Number: SN L87 L87 2021ISBN: 9781550179453Respected Cowichan Tribe Elder and botanical expert Luschiim, Arvid Charlie, began his education in early childhood, learning from his great grandparents and others of their generation. Luschiim's Plants represents his dedication to the survival of the Hul'q'umi'num' language and traditional knowledge of plants for future generations.
Gifted earth: the ethnobotany of the Quinault and neighboring tribes by Call Number: SN D48 G54 2022ISBN: 9780870719653Publication Date: 2022Gifted Earth presents a rich and living tradition of plant use within the Quinault Indian Nation on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, developed in collaboration with and endorsed by the tribe.
A drum in one hand, a sockeye in the other : stories of indigenous food sovereignty from the Northwest Coast by Call Number: SN C67 D78 2022ISBN: 9780295749518Publication Date: 2022As Indigenous peoples continue to face food insecurity due to ongoing inequality, environmental degradation and the Westernization of traditional diets, Coté foregrounds healing and cultural sustenance via everyday enactments of food sovereignty: berry picking, salmon fishing, and building a community garden on reclaimed residential school grounds.
Spirits of our whaling ancestors : revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth traditions by Call Number: BF C68 S65 2010ISBN: 9780295990460Publication Date: 2010
Plants of Haida Gwaii: X̲aadaa gwaay gud gina k̲'aws = X̲aadaa gwaayee guu ginn k̲'aws by Call Number: SN T87 P53 2021ISBN: 9781550179149Publication Date: 2021
- Secwepemc people and plants: research papers in Shuswap ethnobotany byCall Number: SN G53 S43 2016Publication Date: 2016This collection of essays derives from more than twenty years of collaborative research on ethnobotany and ethnoecology with Secwepemc plant specialists and elders. It begins with an in-depth introduction to botanical and indigenous perspectives on Secwepemc plants, environment and landscape, and then goes on to address such diverse topics as archaeobotany, plant resource management and stewardship, edible root vegetables and edible lichen harvesting and processing, the role of cultural knowledge in understanding Secwepemc medicines, and the nutritional qualities of edible plants.
Plants have so much to give us, all we have to do is ask : Anishinaabe botanical teachings by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780816696765Publication Date: 2015
- Micmac Medicines: Remedies and Recollections byCall Number: SN L38 M53 1993Publication Date: 1993Mi'kmaq Medicines chronicles more than seventy plants used by the Mi'kmaq as medicines. Lacey takes us into the swamps and bogs, the barrens and woods to explore the habitats of plants with healing properties. He then illustrates each medicinal plant and describes its traditional use.
Plants that we eat: nauriat nigiñaqtuat : from the traditional wisdom of the Iñupiat elders of northwest Alaska by Call Number: SN J66 P53 2010ISBN: 9781602230743Publication Date: 2010Green leaves, teas and medicinal plants, roots, and berries: the plants of traditional Iñupiaq cuisine are all covered in this up-to-date edition of the well-loved Plants That We Eat. Each plant is described in detail, with artful illustrations, a generous selection of photographs, and distribution maps making for easy identification
Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, Ethics and Sovereignty
"...our knowledge and relationships with the genetic diversity of our territories is threatened by governments, corporations, scientists and other bodies and individuals. Biopiracy and cultural appropriation abound."
John Borrows, in .
Genetic Resources, Justice and Reconciliation: Canada and Global Access and Benefit Sharing by ISBN: 9781108470766Publication Date: 2018When the oral history of a medicinal plant as a genetic resource is used to develop a blockbuster drug, how is the contribution of indigenous peoples recognized in research and commercialization? What other ethical, legal, and policy issues come into play? Is it accurate for countries to self-identify as users or providers of genetic resources?- Plants, people, and places : the roles of ethnobotany and ethnoecology in Indigenous peoples' land rights in Canada and beyond by Call Number: SN T87 P535 2020ISBN: 9780228001836Publication Date: 2020While the First Peoples of Canada and other parts of the world have developed deep cultural understandings of plants and their environments, this knowledge is often underrecognized in debates about land rights and title, reconciliation, treaty negotiations, and traditional territories.
