Awaakaasoomahka saahmiss siikootahksin Collection
Awaakaasoomahka saahmiss siikootahksin
Deer Traveller Medicine Collection
Bridging together traditional knowledge of the Niitsitapi with western scientific practices
Awaakaasoomahka saahmis siikootahksin is a special collection within the LEA. The aim of this project is to bridge together traditional knowledge of the Niitsitapi with western scientific practices. The content of this collection has been identified through collaboration with Siksikaitsitapi elders and knowledge holders. This collection includes but is not limited to botanical species that have a significant role in Niitsitapi life. All specimens have been collected with Niisitapi traditional practices then identified and preserved using standard western scientific methods.
Ma's Pediomelum esculentum
Otsiikin Thermopsis rhombifolia
Pákkii’p Prunus virginiana
Àóhtoksóo’ki Achillea millefolium
Sooyáíaiihtsi Geum triflorum
Kakahsiin Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Kátoyiss Abies lasiocarpa
Kippiaapi Pulsatilla nuttalliana
Otahkáápistsisskitsi Arnica cordifolia
Pisatsiinikimm Allium textile
Antennaria rosea
Natsiipski Castilleja miniata
Dasiphora fruticosa
Sikaoki Actea rubra
Kiaayaapistsiisskitsi Xerophyllum tenax
Stá'oa'kaatsisi Clematis occidentalis
Apahtó’kii Pinus contorta
Siiksinoko Juniperus communis
Ootsistíín Fragaria virginiana
Acer glabrum
Maanikápi Monarda fistulosa
Paksinisiman Ribes oxycanthoides
Síínikskaahko Symphoricarpos albus
