Ethnobotanical Research in Grand Teton National Park, Honoring the First People and Their Plant Knowledge

Abstract

During the summer of 2004 I began the second phase of a three part study on ethnobotanical plants within the protected boundaries of Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) and the Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway. Identification, location and collection of around 300 plant species used for food, medicine, utilitarian and ceremonial purposes by Shoshoni, Blackfoot, Crow, Ute, Arapahoe, Gosiute and Western Plains and Rocky Mountain Tribes, was and still is the goal of this project.