Plants Used by Russell Willier
Chapter Five
Plants Used by Russell Willier
Plants in Willier’s Medicine Bundle
Scientific Name Common English Name Cree Name Used by Willier English Name Used by Willier
Abies balsamea Amelanchier alnifolia Balsam Fir Saskatoon napakâsîta saskahtômina Flat-needle Spruce Saskatoon Berry
Achillea millefolium Angelica genuflexa Yar row Angelica wapanowask wacaskowîykomawask Morning Flower Rat Smell Root
Acorus americanus Aralia nudicaulis Calamus, Sweet Flag, Flagroot Wild Sarsaparilla wiyikiyo waposociyipîyk Rat Root Bear Root
Alnus crispa Arbutus menziesii Green Alder Arbutus, Madrona, Pacific Madrone atôspi None, as this is an import from Hill Willow the West Coast of Canada. Arbutus
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Artemisia frigida Cornus stolonifera Sage, Sagebrush, Prairie Red Osier Dogwood Sagewort, Pasture Sage mikwapimakwa mostoswiyikwaskwa Red Willow Buffalo Grass Corylus cornuta Aster puniceus Hazelnut Purple-stemmed Aster, Wild pakanâhtihk Aster, Aster, Wild Blue Aster Peanut Willow misiyistakîyowask, iskomaski- yikêy Dryopteris carthusiana Big Arrow, Morning Flower Narrow Spinulose Shield Fern wiyinohwask Betula papyrifera Fat Root Paper Birch, White Birch waskwiyî Elaeagnus commutata Birch Wolf Willow soniyawniyipsi Betula pumila or B. nana Silver Willow Bog Birch, Dwarf Birch, Swamp Birch Epilobium angustifolium apistiwaskwayi (Chamerion angustifolium) Small Birch Fireweed eskohtiyowaskwa, skohtiyôciyipihk Castilleja raupii Fireweed Indian Paintbrush or Red Paintbrush Fragaria virginiana okimawask Wild Strawberry King Root ohtihmina Heart Berry Cicuta maculata Spotted Water Hemlock, Gaultheria hispidula Cowbane Creeping Wintergreen manitoskâtâsk apstepakosa God’s Carrot Tiny Leaves
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Geum aleppicum or Ledum groenlandicum (Rhodo- G. macrophyllum dendrom groenlandicum) Yellow Avens, Large-leaved Labrador Tea Yellow Avens maskihkohpakwa sakohtowask Muskeg Tea Love Root, Jealousy Root Lonicera dioica Geum rivale Twining Honeysuckle Purple Avens, Water Avens payipotakask kiniyipikominanatihk Vine with a Hole in the Center Snake Root Mentha canadensis or M. Grindelia squarrosa arvensis ssp. borealis Gumweed Wild Mint kapikiyowapakwani amiskowiyikaskwa Gum Flower Mint, Beaver Ears Leaves, Beaver Roots Haploporus odorus Diamond Willow Fungus Mertensia paniculata wikiyimakasikan Lungwort, Tall Bluebells Diamond Willow Fungus kasasiyoyakansiyohk King’s Plant Heracleum lanatum Cow Parsnip Nuphar variegatum pakwânâhtik Yellow Pond Lily Empty Stalk waskwatamoh Water Lily Hierochloe odorata (Anthoxanthum nitens) Parmelia sulcata Sweet Grass Waxpaper Lichen wêkaskwa waskwiya Sweet Grass Moss
Larix laricina Petasites sagittatus Tamarack Arrow-leaved Coltsfoot wakanakahn miyokatayinipiya Bendable Stem Frog Leaves
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Picea glauca Prunus virginiana White Spruce Choke Cherry, Circle Berry siyihtah tokwayîminana White Spruce Choke Cherry or Circle Berry
Picea mariana Ribes oxyacanthoides Black Spruce Northern Gooseberry minahyik sapominahk Black Spruce See-through Berry
Pinus banksiana Rosa woodsii Jack Pine Wild Rose askatikos okiniyi Jack Pine Wild Rose
Polygala senega Rubus arcticus Seneca Snake Root, Milkwort, Arctic Raspberry, Seneca Root Dwarf Raspberry miyinsiyikîysa oskisikomina Bead Berry Eye Berry
Populus balsamifera Rubus idaeus or R. strigosus Black Poplar, Balsam Poplar Raspberry mayîmiyitos ayiskanahk Black Poplar Raspberry
Populus tremuloides Salix bebbiana Trembling Aspen, Aspen Poplar Diamond Willow miyotohs nêpisiyiwaskwôto White Poplar Diamond Willow
Prunus pensylvanica Sarracenia purpurea Pin Cherry Pitcher Plant nipinimina ayikitas Summer Berry Frog Pants (Summer Willow)
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Shepherdia canadensis Trifolium pratense Buffalo Berry, Soapberry Red Clover kinipiknipsi mostosmetisowihn Snake Willow Clover
Smilacina racemosa Typha latifolia (Maianthemum racemosum) Cattail False Solomon’s Seal ohtawaskwa kawawkanaht Ocean Plant Backbone Root Urtica dioica Solidago canadensis Stinging Nettle Canadian Goldenrod masan ohsawicêyipêyihk Thistle Goldenrod Valeriana dioica Sorbus americana or S. decora Northern Valerian, Marsh American Mountain Ash Valerian asiniyociyipiyk apiscakowaskos Mountain Ash Small Arrow
Sphagnum fuscum Viburnum opulus (V. opulus var. Peat Moss, americanum) Sphagnum Peat Moss High Bush Cranberry, Cramp maskwoskwa Bark Peat Moss nêpiminana High Bush Cranberry Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Vicia cracca osawciyipiykwa Purple Vetch, Tufted Vetch Dandelion kiyiminkiyowask Climbing Vine
Total: 61 plants
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