This Indigenous History Month, we encourage you to continue with your educational journey by digging into our reading list. We also highly recommend looking at 30 Resources and Learning Opportunities by the Outdoor Learning School & Store for courses, workshops, and many other educational resources.

Below, we have compiled a reading list of books related to Indigenous Plant Knowledge and Food Systems. Please consider purchasing your books through Indigenous owned and operated bookstores such as: Strong Nations, Iron Dog Books, Massy Books.

Books on Indigenous Plant Knowledge:

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask by Mary Siisip Geniusz
• Revered Roots: Ancestral Teachings and Wisdom of Wild, Edible, and Medicinal Plants by LoriAnn Bird
• Held by the Land Deck: 45 Ways to Use Indigenous Plants for Healing & Nourishment – Guidebook + Cards by Leigh Joseph
• Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness by Leigh Joseph
• Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines: A Hul′q′umi′num′ (Cowichan) Ethnobotany by Luschiim Arvid Charlie and Nancy J. Turner
• Medicines to Help Us: Traditional Métis Plant Use by Christi Belcourt
• Mother Earth Plants for Health & Beauty: Indigenous Plants, Traditions, and Recipes by Carrie Armstrong

Books on Indigenous Food Systems:

• Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women’s Food Labour in a Qu’Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community by Cheryl Troupe
• A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other: Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast by Charlotte Cote
• It Stops Here: Standing Up for Our Lands, Our Waters, and Our People (PB) by Rueben George and Michael Simpson
• Manomin: Caring for Ecosystems and Each Other by Various Authors
• Plants, People, and Places: The Roles of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology in Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights in Canada and Beyond by Various Authors

This is by no means an exhaustive list. Please contact us if you have a book that you believe should be included in our list.