• Decolonizing Mother Earth, One Native Plant at a Time

  • Dec 16 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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  • LATIFA PELLETIER-AHMED, botanist, herbalist, educator, artist, co-owner of ALCLA Native Plants & Nursery in Treaty 7, taught us about critical thinking in science, plants as teachers and guides, the incredible adaptability and resilience of Native Plants, personalities of seeds, harm of mono-agriculture, honeybees aren’t native, how to decolonize your lawn, and the importance of recognizing and learning about invasive species. Remember, any support from the “Ancestral Podcast MERCH” www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop supports Knowledge Keepers, editing, and keeping the podcast going.-What is Science? Observation in many ways, about the world around us. Think critically about who created/write/passed on that scientific knowledge. who is profiting from that knowledge?-“Deadly” Water Hemlock. Think critically about the Global Science definition of a “poisonous” plant, open your mind to its gifts, & how it can help you (like how it helped Latifa) https://www.wildernesscollege.com/water-hemlock.htmlhttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgajpd/medicina%20antiqua/sa_hemlock.html-ALCLA Native Plants : https ://alclanativeplants.com- Alberta Native Plant Council: https://anpc.ab.ca- Plant Watch: Engaging Citizens in Science: https://www.naturewatch.ca/plantwatch/alberta/- Alberta Invasive Species Council: https://abinvasives.ca/invasive-plants/-The Plants and the Blackfoot, Alex Johnston (book)- Kainai Ecosystem Protection Association (KEPA) @KainaiEPAhttps://www.naapisgardenkepa.com-Naapi’s garden: https://www.buffalotreaty.com/flux/naapis-garden-a-guide-to-culturally-important-blackfoot-plants -Decolonialize your lawn-Kentucky Bluegrass is invasive. It goes dormant in the summer, turning brown, thereby seemingly needing excess water to keep it “pristine and green.” Roots of K.Bluegrass only grow a few feet, which is far less than 10+ long roots of Native grasses. Deeper roots prevent nutrient erosion during flooding https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550742422000252-Plant Blue Gramma Grass, Bunch grass (Junegrass, Fescues) are mow tolerant and happy in Southern Alberta. There are Native grasses that thrive in the summer, if you want a natural summer green lawn-remove non-native species, plant Native species http://www.skinnernativeseeds.ca/index.html https://wrightnursery.ca-Plant Medicines: Indigenous people have had relationships with plants and their medicines for thousands of years. This knowledge is well respected but comes with protocols. Be careful if passing on this knowledge, do it “in a good way,” with reciprocity, without ego, and for the community and Land.-remember that plant ancestor and oral teachings have different time scales-misuse of plant knowledge is real, and has consequences that may not be immediate.-respect the medicines, don’t overharvest. Why you are harvesting? Are you taking away from people who need these medicines for ceremony and cultural practices? Other Resources:-http://www.buffalorocktipicamp.com, fish rescue program, seasonal flooding, weed pulling.- iNaturalist (app)-The Cree Healer and his Medicine Bundle (book)- North American Ethnobotanical Database: http://naeb.brit.org-Nitsitapiisinni: Story of the Blackfoot People (book)- Stories & Spaces https://galileo.org/kainai/-Reader Rock Gardenhttps://www.calgary.ca/parks/reader-rock-garden.html-https://www.saokioheritage.com/-Ahwahsiin (The Land/Where We Get Our Food) https://nnigovernance.arizona.edu/ahwahsiin-landwhere-we-get-our-food. Abaki Beck-The Ecological Buffalo, Wes Olson (book)-Instagram @Homegrownnationalpark-Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard, Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants (Doug Tallamy)-A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain FuturePrairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design (Banjamin Vogt)Gratitude to JUAN CARLOS CHAVEZ & editing from EMIL STARLIGHT, Limelight Multimedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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