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Traditional Medicine - (Ethnobotany) These are the plants that we use to help heal our body and minds. We gather plants from our forests and we learn how to use them from our elders. We gather different plants according to the season they grow. Plants and Trees are also an intrical part of our culture and are often used in our stories and legends. Click on the pictures for more information. |
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Balsam Fir is used for sore throats and sores. |
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Kinnikinnick is used for menapause and menstrual cramps. |
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| RESOURCE MANAGEMENT |
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| TEK-Traditional Ecological Knowledge |
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Black Tree Lichen is used as emergency food out in forest. |
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Labrador Tea is used for colds, and used to clean out your system. |
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Black Spurce is used to speed up healing of sores. |
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Mountain Ash is used for sore throats and inflamed tonsils. |
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Black Twin Berry aka Bear Berry is used for sore eye's and cataracts. |
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Mountain Alder is used for bleeding ulcers. |
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| BALHATS
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Black Birch is used for any kind of sickness. |
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Poplar bark is used for sores and to stop bleeding. |
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| 'UDADA'
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| NEGHUNI
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Cow Parsnip is an edible plant. The roots are use for pain. |
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Paper Birch is used for making baskets. |
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| BETS'UT'EN |
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| ARTS
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| OOKW'UTS'UHUNA |
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Common Juniper is for your lungs, ulcers, T.B, and kidney infections. |
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Raspberry is used to heal a mother's stomach after child birth. |
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| NEGHUNLI |
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Choke Cherry is used for cancer when mixed with raspberry stems. |
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Red Osier Dogwood is used as a poltice for swelling and for pain. |
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Common Plantain is used as a poultice for boils or sores. |
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Strawberry Runners is used for diarrhea, heart problems. |
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Cottonwood is used to make dug-out canoes. |
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Soapberry is used for stomach problem, it also cleans your stomach. |
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Cranberry is used for ulcers, T.B, colds and for kidney infections. |
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Scouring Rush is good for kidney problems . |
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Devils Club is a very strong pain medicine, but poisonous plant. |
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Stinging Nettle is used for pain, rashes. |
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Engelmann Spruce used for sore throats and mouth. |
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Wild Strawberry is used for acne and sunbruns. |
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Fir is a tree that only has technical use to it. |
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Wild Rose is used to give a woman strength back after child birth. |
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False Ladyslipper is used for your hair conditions, falling hair, etc. |
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White Spruce is used for colds and T.B. |
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Indian Hellebore is mixed with other plants to make it more potent. |
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Yarrow is used as a mosquitoe repellent and tooth aches. |
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Jack Pine we use the inner bark and the pitch for colds and sores. |
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