Resources
Throughout my research, field engagement and further project development I've found these resources to be helpful.
Indigenous people to follow
Ethnobotanists, chefs, activists
Robin Wall Kimmerer (Citizen Potawatomi): professor, writer; ethnobotanist. Books Braiding Sweetgrass, Gathering Moss; any short essays
Rosalyn LaPier (Blackfeet); professor, writer ethnobotanist. “Blackfeet names of Plants used by the Blackfeet”,
Sean Sherman (Sioux); Chef and food activist. The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen (cookbook), and website
Valerie Seagrest (Muckleshoot): food sovereignty advocate, writer, native nutritionist
See her various articles and Ted Talk
Plant Information & Identification
Books and websites useful for identifying plants in the Northwest Rockies
Botany in a day: Thomas J. Elpel
Plants of the Rocky Mountains and Edible & Medicinal Plants of the Rockies: Linda Kershaw
Food Plants of Interior First Peoples: Nancy Turner (and additional texts)
437 Edible Wild Plants of the Rocky Mountain West: Caleb Warnock
Mountain States Medicinal Plants: Briana Wiles
Manual of Montana Vascular Plants: Peter Lesica
Montana field guide http://fieldguide.mt.gov/displayPhyDiv.aspx?kingdom=Plantae
Apps
Are usually accurate but need good photographs and sometimes cannot ID plants
When I'm in a new place, I like to use Seek by iNaturalist! It's a pretty good app, may take a few tries to get the right photo for ID but it also has capabilities for bugs, animals, and fungi!
Other plant ID apps include:
PlantSnap
Planta
Leafsnap
Picture This
By the Author
For more interactive teaching and presentations on Traditional Food Plants here are some links to presentations, articles, and more in-depth resources from the author
Master's thesis: "Recovering our Roots: The Importance of Salish Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Traditional Food Systems to Community Wellbeing on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana"
Presentations:
Montana Indian Education For All Ethnobotany web series (encourage to watch all episodes!)
Ethnobotany presentation with Swan Valley Connections
Podcasts:
Stories for Action podcast
Science with Friends! Pocast
Articles:
Food Sovereignty in the Pandemic the Missoula Current
Reconnection with Our Plant Relatives Swan Valley Connections spring newsletter (2021)