From Time Immemorial to a Melting Pot
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State of Montana’s history begins with stories of the distant past applying Washington’s Time Immemorial pathways. We end with a study of
the future because there will be a future: 1) we will solve the challenge of humans potentially destroying their nest and 2) it will be the continued melding of cultures that makes America unique. All history lessons incorporate Indigenous Peoples, Native Plants, Native Animals, and environmental challenges. These lessons apply Washington State’s mandated inclusion of Indigenous lore with state history, making this offering different and distinct for 11 western states and provinces’ (with apologies to Arizona and Nevada, that hold no part of the Rocky Mountain Floristic Region). We also do not apologize for beginning with 2 topics: Homo Sapiens in the Americas and History, the Search to Live Fully Realized Lives. Ethnobotanicals are what make our histories unique, there would be no human history of life without the food, shelter, and medicines provided by native flora and fauna. We teach visually with remediation (for wrong answers) allowing students of all ages to learn from their mistakes. Again, this is the greatest gift of history to future generations, the learning from past mistakes.
| Let’s start with a review of how tribes Indigenous Peoples used local plants for food, medicine, and spiritual practices |
| https://opi.mt.gov/Portals/182/Page%20Files/Indian%20Education/Science/Powers_of_Plants.pdf?ver=2020-05-18-125402-567 |
| https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/crow-indian-recipes-herbal-medicines.pdf |
| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9831844/ |
| https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/education/upload/Work-House-Unit-4-Native-Plants-FIxed.pdf |
| https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/4178/ |
What state or province mandates both the inclusion of Indigenous Time Immemorial Pathways applied herein to 11 other western states and provinces?
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