WILD10A
Module 10A: Basic Plant Skills (Optional)
Outcome
Explore traditional and nutritional uses of local plants.
Indicators
(a) Discuss the cultural and traditional significance of local plants with an Elder or Knowledge Keeper.
(b) Discuss traditional ethical harvesting practices (e.g., take only what is needed and leave tobacco).
(c) Explain how the ecozones of Saskatchewan, and their corresponding treaty territories, affected the food and shelter needs of Indigenous people.
(d) Refer to a variety of resources (e.g., books, Knowledge Keepers and technological applications) to identify local plants.
(e) Research how vegetation can be used as a navigational tool.
(f) Investigate the relationship between soil and vegetation (e.g., tamaracks and wet soil, birch trees and rich soil, and jack pine and sandy soil).
(g)

Explore the nutritional value of consuming local plants, such as:

  • berries;
  • cat tail tubers;
  • fiddle heads;
  • mushrooms;
  • young stinging nettle;
  • wild onions and garlic;
  • daylilies;
  • marigolds; and,
  • dandelions.
(h) Explain the risks of consuming unfamiliar plants.
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