“We ask: do we really need bannock, or do we just desire bannock? Which leads to asking one of our Elders, Therese, about traditional flours, which leads to an afternoon collecting cat tails to make flour” (Ballantyne, 2014, pg.17). Bannock With winter upon us, I have been looking for an …
I have been exploring natural dyes for about a year now and I love how many different ways there are to work with natural dyes and how every time is still an experiment. Natural dyes are extremely variable in the quantity of dye matter and quantity of goods to be …
Introduction Paper Birch (Betula neoalaskana Sarg.) Family: Betulaceae Meaning behind Latin names: Betula possibly comes from the Sanskrit word burga, meaning “a tree whose bark is for writing on,’ whereas neoalaskana means “new Alaska’ (Grey 2011, p. 242) Other common names: Alaskan paper birch, Resin birch, and Yukon white birch …
When you pick it you say a little prayer, thanking the grass for letting us have some of it, and that we won’t abuse it ~ Maria Turnpaugh (Smithsonian, 2003). Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg. (Poaceae) Taxonomy and Etymology: There have been several scientific names for this plant in the past, …
Happy little onigiri! For my last project of the semester, I really wanted to give a presentation to kids. Fortunately, the Children’s Librarian in the Ketchikan Public Library agreed to let me give a talk on about our local seaweed species to kids. We talked a few weeks ahead of …
