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In Pusuit of Sour Dock

By Amy Breen · July 24, 2008 · comments 2 comments
QUINHAGAK, ALASKA-- After my final ethnobotany lecture, I offered to help Cecilia, a co-teacher and Yup’ik elder, collect sour dock leaves. Sour dock (Rumex arcticus) is a perennial herb native to Alaska... {Read More »}


Using Indigenous Plants

By Amy Breen · July 22, 2008 · comments 5 comments
QUINHAGAK, ALASKA-- Along with two elders and six students, I journeyed to a field camp near the Yup’ik village of Quinhagak last week. Dr. Kevin… {Read More »}