The U.S. Forest Service, has written an informative post about their initiative with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians "to conserve and restore important plant species through research, education and active ecosystem management. " It is intended to restore, manage, and build research around culturally significant plants and ecological management.
"The charter reinforces that the Cherokee relationship with plants and the land supports both current and past connections to language, cultural practices, education and identity."
To read the full post, click here.
For more information,
visit:
- Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | Natural Resources | Culturally Significant Plant Species Initiative (CSPSI)
- Culturally Significant Plant Species Initiative Charter (PDF)
- The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere, December 2018.
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Materials Program | Culturally Significant Plants
- Publications relating to Ethnobotany
- Indigenous Stewardship Methods
- Plants Database of Plant Guides of Cultually Significant Plants
- "Beyond Traditional Borders: Working with Native American Tribes"
- Culturally Significant Plants Fact Sheets (Doc and PDF available)
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