Alaska Ethnobotany

Exploring the Relationships Between People and Plants

Alaska Ethnobotany Program (EBOT)

Ethnobotany is the study of the relationships between people and plants. Ethnobotany as an academic discipline is relatively young and interdisciplinary in nature; it builds on concepts and methods from the humanities and the sciences,...

EBOT Courses & Degrees

EBOT Courses & Programs The Ethnobotany program is offered through the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Indigenous Studies, Department for Community-Based Science. Our degrees and courses are available online and accessible to anyone, no...

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Interested in taking EBOT courses? For questions about EBOT courses or the UAF Ethnobotany Program, please email us at uaf-ethnobotany@alaska.edu. Lisa Strecker Assistant Professor of Ethnobotany and Anthropology UAF College for Community and...

EBOT Courses & Degrees

EBOT Courses & Programs

The Ethnobotany program is offered through the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Indigenous Studies, Department for Community-Based Science. Our degrees and courses are available online and accessible to anyone, no matter your location. The UAF College of Indigenous Studies offers in-state undergraduate tuition to all of our online students, no matter where you live.

Thanks to our generous funder, USDA NIFA, we are able to offer a limited number of tuition scholarships. Please contact us for details.

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Student Projects

View some highlighted final projects from Applied Ethnobotany Fall and Spring (EBOT 250/251). Find more project posts here.

Silverweed: Harvest and Propagation

Update: Listen to the project on KTOO: Garden Talk: Why silverweed is 'a beloved plant all throughout the Pacific Northwest'! Abstract Potentilla anserina L., commonly...

Western Skunk Cabbage Pit Roasted Steelhead Trout

Western Skunk Cabbage in Southeast Alaska Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John also known as western skunk cabbage or “swamp lantern,” as it is...

Blue Corn Mush with Juniper Ash

Acoma Blue Corn, Zea mays L. (Poaceae), has been part of the Southwest Indigenous diet for hundreds of years and is a staple in many...

Noticing Culturally Marked Birch Trees

Introduction Last semester I learned about coastal and tundra grasses, primarily beach rye grass, and the various culturally distinct ways people have ingeniously transformed the...