{"id":2620,"date":"2021-10-27T10:24:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T17:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/?page_id=2620"},"modified":"2025-11-14T13:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T21:28:28","slug":"plants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-25fh83-231b1bdfcb0734a8438f1bead70a344d av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kv9r33bx-540615e0b12dc290391cf6247c3c5a21 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Plants<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/respecful_harvesting.pdf\">Respectful Harvesting Practices<\/a>\u200b\u200b\u200b:<\/h3>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/respecful_harvesting.pdf\">here<\/a> if you are thinking of collecting plants, sharing plant information with others, and\/or wondering about Indigenous protocol arounds harvesting.<\/p>\n<h3>Salad Pot Project<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/salad_pot_booklet.pdf\">Salad Pot Booklet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barb Whyte and Jessie Newman discuss the salad pot project from Spring 2020. Join Barb Whyte as she explains the benefits of different plants in the salad pots and walks you through how she puts a salad pot together.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Salad Pots Planting\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PiJsvdGPdMg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Indigenous Plant Healing from Island Health Magazine:<\/h3>\n<p>Local K&#8217;omoks First Nation member, Barb Whyte, and June Johnson from Cape Mudge talking about medicinal uses of local plants and the holistic nature of this knowledge. Note the connection to the First Peoples Priniciples of learning.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Indigenous Plant Healing - Island Health Magazine\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RANcnIOtR1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>The Gift of Sema &#8211; Teachings About Tobacco and Respecting the Land<\/h3>\n<p>JoAnn Restoule and Jeannine Lindsay share their teachings of the Gift of Sema. Chief Wedlidi Speck shares a song, some history of the traditional territory of the Puntledge, E&#8217;iksan and Komoks people and the importance of respecting the land.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Gift of Sema\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X_qOhkDbsfc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Outdoor Plant Scavenger Hunt<\/h3>\n<p>Made by Cheryl Graham, Indigenous Support Worker, Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/Spring_Scavenger_Hunt.pdf\">Spring Scavenger Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>TVO Raven&#8217;s Quest &#8211; Chyyah<\/h3>\n<p>Chyyah is an 8-year-old girl from the NuChaNulth Nation, in Port Alberni, British Columbia. Chyyah loves arts and crafts; she shows us some of the beautiful projects she&#8217;s made. She participates in a school assembly where all the kids learn about their culture and honour the salmon, an important food for her community.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oN-o3kKAFs0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/ravens_quest_chyyah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/ravens_quest_chyyah.jpg 938w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/ravens_quest_chyyah-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/ravens_quest_chyyah-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/ravens_quest_chyyah-705x396.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oN-o3kKAFs0\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Plant lessons and Reference Materials:<\/h3>\n<h4>Brooklyn\/Highland<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/indigenous_plant_walk.pdf\">\u200bBrooklyn Forest Walk Notes with Suzanne Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NE Woods: Friends of the Lazo Marsh:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/North_East_Woods_Lazo_Marsh_Brochure.pdf\">North East Woods Lazo Marsh Brochure<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Reference Materials<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/indigenous_plant_books.pdf\">Indigenous Plant Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two excellent local plant reference materials with lots of Aboriginal knowledge included:\u200b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/plants_of_coastal_BC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/plants_of_coastal_BC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/plants_of_coastal_BC.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/plants_of_coastal_BC-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plants cards can be ordered from this <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoods.docu.li\/resources\/\">website<\/a>.\u200b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/plant_cards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/plant_cards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Foods Fact Sheets<\/h3>\n<p>Clikck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnha.ca\/Documents\/Traditional_Food_Fact_Sheets.pdf\">Here<\/a>: to learn more about traditional uses of plants: Page 22 Seaweed, Page 24 Roots, Page 26 Berries and Page 28 Plants.<\/p>\n<h3>Tea Time Lessons<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/tea_time.pdf\">Tea Time Lesson 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/12\/Relatives-with-Roots-Cover-Final-April-2011-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/12\/Relatives-with-Roots-Cover-Final-April-2011-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/12\/Relatives-with-Roots-Cover-Final-April-2011-545x705.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/12\/Relatives-with-Roots-Cover-Final-April-2011.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Tea Info Sheets and Recipes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/fir_tip_tea.pdf\">Fir Tip Tea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/salal_leaf_medicine.pdf\">\u200bSalal Leaf Tea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/05\/wild_mint_and_lemon_balm.pdf\">Lemon Balm and Wild 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