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Native plants played a big part of our survival and traditions. We gathered and collected a wide variety of plants all season long for eating, ceremonies and medicine.
| Pa’kip-
choke cherry |
Ookonooki-
saskatoon berry |
- crushed, dried and made into little cakes or mixed with dried meat and fat to make pemmican.
Also used for medicine, and the branches for tools, backrests. |
- berry soup is served at ceremonies and for special occasions. 
Saskatoons are enjoyed fresh or dried and were mixed with meat and fat to make pemmican. |
| Ma’as-
wild turnip |
Sipaattsimaan-
sweetgrass |
- eaten raw, but was  traditionally cooked in boiling pits lined with grass and rocks.
It is very important in oral tradition and for the Societies and ceremonies. |
-  used for cleansing and for ceremonies, with prayers and offerings.
It can also be used for medicine and as a freshener.
Sweetgrass is often used in native crafts. |
| Ka'ksimi-
sage |
Kinnikinik-
bearberry |
- used for ceremonial cleansing. Sage is used in medicinal  brews.
Some brews
can only be made and given by those who have the authority to make them. |
- the leaves are dried, mixed with twist tobacco  and smoked in pipes at sacred ceremonies.
The berries and leaves may have been used for medicinal purposes. |
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