CARRIER HERBAL MEDICINE - TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY PLANT

The Carrier, an Athapaskan-speaking people of northcentral British Col umbia, occupy the sub-boreal spruce forests of the central interior. T his report, which is based on field study, documents some traditional and contemporary knowledge of the medicinal use of plants by the Carri er people. Important medicinal plants include: Abies lasiocarpa, Alnus incana, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Artemisia frigida, Fragaria virginia na, Juniperus communis, Picea glauca, Pinus contorta, Populus tremuloi des, Rubus idaeus and Shepherdia canadensis.