1st Edition

Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples Nutrition, Botany and Use

By Harriet Kuhnlein, Nancy Turner Copyright 1991
648 Pages
by Routledge

648 Pages
by Routledge

648 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1991, Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples details the nutritional properties, botanical characteristics and ethnic uses of a wide variety of traditional plant foods used by the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Comprehensive and detailed, this volume explores both the technical use of plants and their cultural connections. It will be of interest to scholars... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: What's so special about Indigenous Foods; 3: An overview of the nutrient value and use of plant foods by Indigenous Peoples; 4: Descriptions and uses of plant foods by Indigenous Peoples; 5: Comprehensive list of plant food species; 6: Nutrient values of traditional plant foods; Bibliography; Appendices; Index

Biography

Harriet Kuhnlein (Author) ,  Nancy J Turner (Author)