What to Be expecting
The Corps of Discovery — made up of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and just about 40 different males — launched into an expedition in 1804 to discover the newly bought western portion of the rustic. Alongside the way in which, they encountered Indigenous other people, who shared cultural plant wisdom with the explorers.
In Botany of International locations, guests can see over 200 of the ones preserved vegetation — which have been hand-picked through Lewis — and be informed extra in regards to the Indigenous websites the place they have been gathered and the way Indigenous peoples used vegetation all through historical past.
The exhibition additionally showcases the explorers’ magazine passages, illustrating how the Indigenous other people they met revered and celebrated the vegetation, animals and land round them.
Botany of International locations is created in collaboration with Indigenous-led nonprofit Native Contexts which gives methods for managing, sharing and protective virtual heritage. The exhibition additionally options steerage from a steerage committee of ethnobotanists, Indigenous wisdom keepers and students, together with co-curator Enrique Salmón (Rarámuri /Tarahumara) and Native Contexts’ founding govt director Stephany Runninghawk Johnson (Oglala Lakota).
What to Be expecting
The Corps of Discovery — made up of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and just about 40 different males — launched into an expedition in 1804 to discover the newly bought western portion of the rustic. Alongside the way in which, they encountered Indigenous other people, who shared cultural plant wisdom with the explorers.
In Botany of International locations, guests can see over 200 of the ones preserved vegetation — which have been hand-picked through Lewis — and be informed extra in regards to the Indigenous websites the place they have been gathered and the way Indigenous peoples used vegetation all through historical past.
The exhibition additionally showcases the explorers’ magazine passages, illustrating how the Indigenous other people they met revered and celebrated the vegetation, animals and land round them.
Botany of International locations is created in collaboration with Indigenous-led nonprofit Native Contexts which gives methods for managing, sharing and protective virtual heritage. The exhibition additionally options steerage from a steerage committee of ethnobotanists, Indigenous wisdom keepers and students, together with co-curator Enrique Salmón (Rarámuri /Tarahumara) and Native Contexts’ founding govt director Stephany Runninghawk Johnson (Oglala Lakota).
