Iskatewizaagegan (Shoal lake) plant knowledge: An anishinaabe (Ojibway) ethnobotany of Northwestern Ontario

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-227

  Davidson Hunt, Iain J ^a   Jack, Phyllis ^b   Mandamin, Edward ^b   Wapioke, Brennan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Shoal Lake Resource Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anishinaabe; ethnobotany; indigenous knowledge; Ojibway; worldview

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149106322     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771(2005)25[189:ISLPKA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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