Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples |
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| Author:
| Turner, Nancy J. |
| Series title: | RBCM Handbooks Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7748-0533-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
| Publisher: | University of British Columbia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.95USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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As long as people have lived in North America, wild plants have been animportant source of food. For Native people in western Canada, thenutritional and cultural contribution made by these plants was immense:in all, some 200 species of wild plants provided food. The differentways in which these were used resulted in an almost limitless selectionof dishes derived from wild plants.
As long as people have lived in North America, wild plants have been animportant source of food. For Native people in western Canada, thenutritional and cultural contribution made by these plants was immense:in all, some 200 species of wild plants provided food. The differentways in which these were used resulted in an almost limitless selectionof dishes derived from wild plants.