Cherokee Ethnobotany - Pat Gwin speaking in Muskogee
Pat Gwin speaking“Cherokee Ethnobiology: Cherokee Native Agricultural Practices and Plants” November 20, 9:30 am to 11 Muskogee Garden Club Kiwanis Senior Center 119 Spaulding AV Muskogee Information: Susan Asquith 918.682.3688 Cherokee plants and their role in the life of native Cherokee sustainable agricultural practices is a topic that Pat Gwin has spoken on for a decade at various conferences, native plant walks and events. Nove 20 he will share that wisdom at Muskogee Garden Club’s monthly meeting. “Ethnobotany is strictly about the native plants and Ethnobiology includes animals,” said Gwin. “My talk will be 95% about plants. Part One of the talk is gardening with heirlooms and Part Two is about ethnoforestry which is usually the more popular part of the talk.” Gwin is the director of the Cherokee Nation Seed Bank and Native Plant Center at Cherokee Nation Natural Resources in Tahlequah where he helps coordinate the heirloom seed exchange program. He a...