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Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples

Nutrition, Botany and Use

The primary purpose of this book is to describe and to reference the published literature on the nutritional properties, the botanical characteristics and the ethnic uses of traditional food plants of Canadian Indigenous Peoples. Since it is recognized that Canadian political boundaries are not honored by plants in their biological habitats, the nutritional and botanical information presented here is often relevant to other regions with northern latitudes where the same species are found, such as northern regions of the United States, Europe and Asia. However, the ethnographic information reviewed and presented in this book is only from Canadian Indigenous Peoples and their immediate neighbors in Alaska and other states bordering Canada.  This reference guide is intended for a variety of users: Indigenous People, nutritionists, and other health care professionals working with Indigenous People or with other rural people, biologists, ethnologists, the variety of organizations serving Indigenous People, wildlife enthusiasts, and the academic audience in a variety of disciplines. It is written with academic-style referencing, using language that is intended to be easily understood by a variety of readers.

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Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Author: Harriet v. Kuhnlein
Other authors: Nancy j. Turner
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Year: 1991
ISBN: 2-881 24-465-3
Country/ies: Canada
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Type: Book
Content language: English
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