Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge

BERRY PLANTS FOR WOMEN'S

NUTRITION & MEDICINE

By Katsi Cook, Akwesasne Mohawk

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From Volume One, No. IV of INDIGENOUS WOMAN; the official publication of

the Indigenous Women's Network. [See End of Article]

This is an experiment -- I've IDed most of Katsi's plants by their botannical names

(there's a couple of problems) and used this to find ID pix all over the web. By Indian

language, I ID them by the Mohawk names she gives, the Anisninaabemowin ones I

happen to know, and any other Indian names I learn. I'd like to collect as many Indian

names (and info on their uses) from other tribes as possible. This would be a good

student project, especially when (if ever) spring comes -- try to ID the plants in your

area, talk to elders, etc., send me the info and I'll add it to the plant notepages for

Katsi's article.

Katsi, a presenter on Native childbirth, photographed at

the 1994 Indigenous Women's Network Gathering at White

Earth Reservation, Minnesota. Theme was Sustainable

Communities: Our Future, Our Responsibility. Fashion

note: she's wearing an IWN T-shirt.

More info On Katsi's Plants:

Native & Botannical Names, Multi-tribal uses, Chemical Analysis

Strawberries Juniper (Cedar) Raspberries Elder Tree

Blackberries Partridgeberry Red Sumac Bearberry, Kinnikinik

Native Foods -- Katsi Cook on Women's Uses of Berries

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