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BIOL 3012

Indigenous Ethnobotany

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Date Tentative Topic
  • Ethnobotany in the world
  • Plant taxonomy
  • Folk taxonomy and Ojibwe taxonomy
  • Seedless plants and gymnosperms
  • Angiosperms
  • Plant as food
  • Plant as medicine
  • Schedule
  • Guided medicinal plant walk/collect for antioxidant lab * runs
  • rain or shine so be prepared to go outside!
  • Medicinal Plant collecting/Land based reflection #1
  • Antioxidants in traditional medicines
  • NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILATION NO LAB
  • Botany and Ojibway plant ID
  • Exam
  • Mounting medicinal plant collection
  • Student presentations
  • Tradition dyes with special guest Lab

Readings

  • 2015. Siisip Geniusz, M. Plants have so much to give us, all we have to do is ask. Anishnaabe botanical teachings. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978- 0-8166-9676-5 o give-us-all-we-have-to-do o Cost: from bookstore. No restriction on different edition.
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