26739
Accession Number
25257
Title Of Article Chaper
Ethnobotany of coniferous trees in Thompson and Lillooet Interior Salish of British Columbia
Title Of Journal Book
Economic botany
Volume
42
Issue
2
Pages
177-194
Reference Bibliography
23 refs.
ISSN
0013-0001
Language Of Text
English;French
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
All 17 species of conifers and one taxad whose ranges extend into the traditional territories of the Thompson and Lillooet are known and named at a restricted level by these people. Notes are given on the traditional uses as foods, materials (for tools, fuel, fiber, canoes, building etc.) and medicines, and in rituals. Most conifers are of moderate to very high cultural significance in Thompson and Lillooet traditional life, and are still used although to a more limited extent than in the past.
pub_id
26739