‘To Get More Harvest’
Traditional Cultivation by Northwestern North American Indigenous Peoples
A talk by Dr. Nancy Turner (PhD), professor emeritus, University of Victoria
Date: Friday, March 17
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: Room 132 Archaeology Building, 55 Campus Dr., Saskatoon
Free and open to the public
About this event
First Peoples of Northwestern North America have often been called “Hunter-Gatherers,” with the added “Fishers” for peoples of the Northwest Coast and along the major rivers systems. In the past, little attention was given by anthropologists and archaeologists to peoples’ use of and reliance on plant resources. Yet, Indigenous knowledge holders, especially women, have stressed the critical importance of plants in their lives, as foods, materials, medicines and spiritual entities. Furthermore, there is strong evidence that people have developed a range of strategies and approaches to maintain and enhance their plant resources – to cultivate culturally important plants and their habitats. This talk provides an overview of these practices and some specific examples of plant cultivation amongst diverse Peoples of Northwestern North America.
This talk is hosted by the University of Saskatchewan Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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