Livity n Wellness

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🌿June is Indigenous History Month in Canada, and we want to zoom in on the folks in W8ban Aki First Nation (Abenaki) who are exploring their roots through medicinal plants.

“Learning the names of the trees and the plants that are part of the traditional pharmacopeia was like a precious piece of understanding who she was and where she came from.

She says that plants are potent medicine for us, and it’s our responsibility to heal and take care of them.” the author writes about Evelyne Benedict a member of Abenaki First Nation.

The preservation of Abenaki culture has been deeply impacted by the presence of European settlers, but in recent years members of Abenaki First Nation have begun to seek their roots and they are inviting the rich medicinal and nutritional forest plant wisdom back to their communities.

A problem Abenaki members face is due to 95% of the land in Quebec being privatized, they have very few natural areas to find plants. With this comes the importance of localizing and protecting habitats for medicinal plants in their communities. In 2019 they began documenting the medicinal and invasive plants found growing on both Odanak and W8linak reserves. This data is being used to help determine how climate change and invasive species are impacting the medicinal plants in the area.

The project has led to knowledge transfer among elders and community members, medicine making workshops, wild harvesting events and even a medicinal plant garden at the local health centre in Odanak.

You can read the full article here: https://unitedplantsavers.org/abenaki-medicinal-plants/

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