“mus co shee”: Indigenous Plant Foods and Horticultural Imperialism in the Canadian Sub-Arctic
The 17th-century arrival of the Hudson’s Bay Company in Rupert’s Land disrupted Mushkegowuk (Cree) hunter-gatherer society by replacing the collection of indigenous plant foods with a British planted-food model. Within a hundred years of British contact, new foodways relied upon hunting and gardenin...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/cbmh.32.2.253 2024-09-09T19:21:40+00:00 “mus co shee”: Indigenous Plant Foods and Horticultural Imperialism in the Canadian Sub-Arctic Soloway, Beverly 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cbmh.32.2.253 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.32.2.253 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Canadian Bulletin of Medical History volume 32, issue 2, page 253-273 ISSN 0823-2105 2371-0179 journal-article 2015 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/cbmh.32.2.253 2024-06-20T04:20:55Z The 17th-century arrival of the Hudson’s Bay Company in Rupert’s Land disrupted Mushkegowuk (Cree) hunter-gatherer society by replacing the collection of indigenous plant foods with a British planted-food model. Within a hundred years of British contact, new foodways relied upon hunting and gardening, bringing a loss in heritage plant food knowledge. Mushkegowuk living in the sub-arctic today have minimal knowledge of edible indigenous plants. Dependence on limited local gardening or imported grocery store vegetables has affected diet, nutrition, and cultural systems. In addition to exploring plant food gathering and gardening history in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, this paper demonstrates how re-discovering lost foodway knowledge can contribute to the health and well-being of those living in the far north. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Hudson Bay University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press) Arctic Hudson Hudson Bay Canadian Bulletin of Medical History 32 2 253 273 |
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The 17th-century arrival of the Hudson’s Bay Company in Rupert’s Land disrupted Mushkegowuk (Cree) hunter-gatherer society by replacing the collection of indigenous plant foods with a British planted-food model. Within a hundred years of British contact, new foodways relied upon hunting and gardening, bringing a loss in heritage plant food knowledge. Mushkegowuk living in the sub-arctic today have minimal knowledge of edible indigenous plants. Dependence on limited local gardening or imported grocery store vegetables has affected diet, nutrition, and cultural systems. In addition to exploring plant food gathering and gardening history in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, this paper demonstrates how re-discovering lost foodway knowledge can contribute to the health and well-being of those living in the far north. |
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