Native Americans and their plants: Linking the past with the future

Tara Luna

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Native Americans and their plants: Linking the past with the future

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Tara Luna

Year:

2002

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Dumroese, R. K.; Riley, L. E.; Landis, T. D., technical coordinators. National proceedings: forest and conservation nursery associations-1999, 2000, and 2001. Proceedings RMRS-P-24. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 336-342

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Abstract

Seven nations of Native Americans in the US and Canada are using native plant species for restoration and to reintroduce populations of species of cultural significance due to habitat loss. The scope of their projects as well as the important environmental, cultural, and economic benefits resulting from their efforts are briefly described.

Parent Publication

National proceedings: forest and conservation nursery associations-1999, 2000, and 2001

Keywords

seedling, propagation, nursery, Blackfeet, Chippewa, Choctaw, Salish-Kootenai, Navajo, Ktunaxa Kinbasket, Mohawk

Citation

Luna, Tara. 2002. Native Americans and their plants: Linking the past with the future. In: Dumroese, R. K.; Riley, L. E.; Landis, T. D., technical coordinators. National proceedings: forest and conservation nursery associations-1999, 2000, and 2001. Proceedings RMRS-P-24. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 336-342