Document Type
Curriculum Resource
Publication Version
Final
Publication Date
Spring 4-15-2022
Keywords
Lakota Ethnobotany, Medicinal Plants, Native American
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
11
Type
Lesson Plan
Format
Language
English, Lakota
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International 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