Teaching Medicinal Plants Used by Native Americans

Authors

Amadea Pourier, South Dakota State UniversityFollow
Dillon Nelson, South Dakota State UniversityFollow
Wiyaka PomarleauFollow
Kay Cutler, South Dakota State UniversityFollow
Madhav P. Nepal, South Dakota State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Final

Publication Date

Spring 4-15-2022

Keywords

Ethnobotany, Native Plants, Lakota Plants, Leadplant, White Sage, Purple Coneflower

Description

In this lesson, students will also be able to identify four medicinal plants, describe their characteristics and discuss medicinal uses. Students will use their senses to experience the uses of these medicinal plants. The plants highlighted in this lesson are Chokecherry Tree, Prairie Sage, Lead Plant, and Purple Cornflower. The senses used may consist of smelling the aroma of sage, burning the root of the purple coneflower, or tasting the infusion of the Lead Plant.

Pages

12

Type

Teaching Module

Format

PDF

Language

English

Publisher

South Dakota State University

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Amadea Pourier, Wiyaka Pomarleau, Dillon Nelson, Kay Cutler, and Madhav P Nepal. 2022. Teaching Medicinal Plants Used by Native Americans. ILEARN Teaching Resources. 4 (1):69—80