International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Gretel H. Pelto

Harriet V. Kuhnlein

International Nutrition Foundation for Developing Countries

Culture, Environment, and Food to Prevent Vitamin A Deficiency

Culture, Environment and Food to Prevent Vitamin A Deficiency

Nancy J. Turner

Professor of Environmental Studies Nancy J Turner

Book describing and referencing the published literature on the nutritional properties, the botanical characteristics and the ethnic uses of traditional food plants of Indigenous Canadian Peoples.

Nutrition, Botany, and Use

Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples

Mary Thomas

George Nicholas

Marianne B. Ignace

Sandra L. Peacock

Kelly Bannister

Gladys Baptiste

Nancy Jules Bonneau

Stewart Crawford

Ann Garibaldi

Ronald E. Ignace

Donna Leggee

Dawn Loewen

Leisl Westfall

Michele Wollstonecroft

The Secwepemc (Shuswap) people of the Plateau of northwestern North America developed and practice(d) intricate relationships with plants that reflect the biodiversity of their environment and thousands of years of experience of living in Secwepemcúlecw, their homeland. This collection of essays derives from more than twenty years of collaborative research on ethnobotany end 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. Additional chapters speak to the fascinating ways in which plant and environmental knowledge is articulated on oral narratives, and how Secwepemc Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Wisdom is constituted. In light of the escalating nature of environmental degradation in Secwepemcúlecw, the volume addresses the crucial relevance, now and in the future, of Secwepemc TEKW and environmental stewardship.

Research Papers in Shuswap Ethnobotany

Secwepemc People and Plants

Bill Erasmus

Dina Spigelski

Barbara A. Burlingame

Throughout the 10 years of this research we have shown the strength and promise of local traditional food systems to improve health and well-being.

Interventions & Policies for Healthy Communities

Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems & Well-being

Explores the nutritional systems of indigenous communities around the world through case studies and research findings that cover such issues as food diversity, the traditions linked to the commodity, and how globalization is impacting their overall health.

The Many Dimensions of Culture, Diversity and Environment for Nutrition and Health

Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems

Harriet V. Kuhnlein

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