NATAMST 90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Archibald Menzies, Edible Seaweed, Kingcome River
22 Oct 2018
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Where our women used to get the food: cumulative effects and loss of. Ethnobotanical knowledge and practice; case study from coastal british. Columbia -- turner, nancy j. and katherine l. turner. Where: british columbia (and all across canada) Losing cultural knowledge relating to harvesting & production. Arrival of colonial powers had great impact on diets. Dietary change is common to humans all over world. Can be serious repercussions for peoples" health & well-being. Greens, inner bark, fruits, root vegetables, & beverages. Women along village along south side of kingcome river continued to try to access traditional root gardens, where they cultivated & harvested root vegetables, including: Springback clover, pacific silverweed, northern riceroot & nookta iupine. Was queen root and number one vegetable for saanich, songhees & other coast salish peoples on southern vancouver island. Bulbs filled vital dietary niche as principal carbohydrate, & valuable source of dietary fiber, vitamins, & minerals.
