Plants, land and people, a study of Wet'suwet'en ethnobotany

• Author / Creator

  Johnson Gottesfeld, Leslie M.

• Master's thesis. An exploration of the relationship of the Wet'suwet'en people of northwest British Columbia to the plants of their environment. Reviews territoriality, conservation ethics and vegetation management, and discusses traditional plant uses and classification, the role of plant foods in traditional Wet'suwet'en nutrition, and plants used for herbal medicines and material culture.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Ethnobotany--British Columbia
  • Wet'suwet'en Indians--Food
  • Wet'suwet'en Indians--Ethnobotany
  • Indians of North America--British Columbia--Ethnobotany
  • Wet'suwet'en Indians--Medicine

• Graduation date

  1993

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Arts

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3W950W31

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.