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

Front Cover
Taylor & Francis, 1991 - Science - 633 pages
This volume details the nutritional properties, botanical characteristics and ethnic uses of traditional food plants of indigenous Canadian Peoples. It contains an index of over one thousand plants from all provinces of Canada, as well as the bordering states, for which the Indian and Inuit peoples of each regfion have been consulted as the definitive source concerning plant usage within the scope of their environment and culture. Health care professionals and organizations working with Indigenous Canadian Peoples, biologists, ehtnologists and academics will appreciate the comprehensive information compiled on nutritional, medical and botanical characteristics.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
References for Nutrient Tables
475
585
490
Appendices
513
Species by botanical name
565
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 512 - Food plants of the North American Indians. United States Department of Agriculture, miscellaneous publication no.
Page 510 - WW, and EB Forbes. 1941. The chemical composition of forest fruits and nuts from Pennsylvania. J.
Page 510 - Wild Rice and the Ojibway People. Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul.

Bibliographic information