Thank you to our Eskers generous supporters who provided funding and provincial knowledge Park References These are only a few of the books available that focus on traditional aboriginal uses of plants.  Community Legacy Program First Hawley, Alex & Young, Jane. 2004. Plants and Medicines of Sophie Thomas. Edmonton, Alberta:  BC Parks Imperial Printing Ltd. Nations

Carrier Linguistics Committee. 1973. Hanuyeh traditional  Carrier Tribal Council Ghun ‘Utni-I; Plants of Carrier Country. Fort St. James, : Carrier Linguistics Com-  SD # 57 Aboriginal Education Depart- mittee. Plant

Mackinnon, Andy, Pojar, Jim & Coupe, Ray. ment 1999. Plants of Northern British Columbia, (2nd Trail Edition). Edmonton, Alberta: Lone Pine Publish-  Lheidli Tenneh Elders Society ing.

Foster, Steven & Hobbs, Christopher. 2002. A  PG Dakelh Elders Society Field Guide to Western Medicinal plants and herbs. Boston Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  All Nations Council Underhill, J.E. 1980. Northwestern Wild Berries. Blaine, Canada: Hancock House Publishers Ltd.  A special thank you to the elders Ody, Penelope. 1997. Pocket Medicinal Herbs. Clifford Quaw , Minnie Bjorklund, Ro- London, United Kingdom: Penguin Books Ltd.

sie Sam, Shirley Schweizer and Na- Marles, Robin. 2000. Aboriginal Plant Use In Canada’s Northwest Boreal Forest. Vancouver, k’azdli and Tl’azt’en Elders. British Columbia: UBC Press.

Kershaw, Linda. 2000. Edible and Medicinal

Plants of The Rockies. Edmonton, Alberta: Lone Project Manager - Rena Watt Pine Publishing. Project Monitor - Cheryl Webster

Turner, Nancy J. 1997. Food Plants of Interior With funding from the Community First Peoples. Vancouver, British Columbia: UBC Legacy Program Press

Red Willow in early spring And the support of BC Parks when buds are just showing Plant list

Common Name Carrier Name

THIS BROCHURE AND THE SIGNS IN ESKERS Spruce Tree Ts’oo PARK ARE INTENDED TO INFORM YOU OF SOME Stinging Nettle Hoolhts’l (Saik’uz) OF THE WAYS PEOPLE USED Black Tree Lichen Dohgha LOCAL PLANTS.

Plantain khuzbunt’an (Saik’uz)

THIS INFORMATION IS PRO- Wild Raspberry t’ankalhtsul VIDED SOLELY FOR YOUR Birch K’ui ENJOYMENT. Soapberry Nawus IF YOU ARE NOT TRAINED False Solomon Seal Lhiluzchun (Nak’azdli) AS A HEALER IT IS DISRE-

Young dandelion Wild Rosebush Whus leaves ready to be SPECTFUL AND COULD BE used in salad or HARMFUL OR WASTEFULTO Bunchberry Goozihmai (Nak’azdli) soup

PICK AND PREPARE Wild Strawberry ‘Indzi . PLANTS FOR MEDICINES Mountain Alder* K’us or hoonkes

WE DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE HARVEST Fireweed Khas

PLANTS FOR FOOD UNLESS THEY HAVE Saskatoon berry K’emai

WORKED ALONGSIDE A KNOWLEDGEABLE Jack Pine Chundoo PERSON. Bearberry or twinberry Sus mai (Saik’uz) U NDER PARK GUIDELINES YOU ARE ASKED TO Red Willow K’entsik Children learning from a sign on RESPECT THE AREA AND LEAVE IT AS YOU Labrador Tea (‘U)yak’unulh’a The first nations plant trail in . T FOUND IT HE TRAILS ARE THERE FOR EVERY- Eskers Park. Kinnikinnick Dunih (Saik’uz) ONE’S ENJOYMENT. PLEASE DO NOT PICK . Thimbleberry Dukdingkal (Nak’azdli) The series of signs found in Eskers PLANTS IN THE PARK park was created by Rena Watt (a Yarrow lacholbai T school teacher) and Cheryl Webster HIS IS BY NO MEANS AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF (the elder coordinator for the Abo- Cattail Teghuichun FOOD AND MEDICINE PLANTS OR THEIR USES. riginal Education Department of School district #57). They worked to- WE COULD ONLY MAKE SIGNS FOR PLANTS Balsam Ts’ootsun (Nak’azdli) gether to develop a hands on out- CLEARLY VISABLE FROM THE TRAIL. Huckleberry tsulhcho door learning opportunity for stu- dents. Although it was developed as Blueberry Yalhtsul WE REVIEWED INFORMATION FROM A VARIETY an educational experience for chil- OF SOURCES. OUR INTENT WAS TO BRIEFLY Juniper Datsan ‘angut dren, we believe that this “outdoor classroom” will be an enriching en-

COVER BASIC PLANTS IN ORDER TO PIQUE Mountain Ash Ch’ekw hancement to the trails in Eskers

YOUR INTEREST AND FOSTER AN APPRECIA- Clover Nedo chunalhduz Park. We hope those who hike these trails develop a greater appreciation TION FOR THE MANY WAYS FIRST NATIONS Cranberry Tsalhtse’ for first nations people and their PEOPLE USED PLANTS. culture. Gooseberry Dangwus * green alder or mountain alder in Nak'azdli dialect