Hi all. I just joined this tribe and I wanted to share with you all an awesome experience that I had regarding ethnobotany. A few years back I was involved in a non-violent seminar that taught people from all over the world the art of bringing attention to their enviornmental cause without violence. I met this young First Nations Indian from the British Columbia Bella Coola Band or the Nuxalk Nation tribe. This young man was to be Chief of his tribe one day and the Canadian government was clearcutting on their Native lands and destroying their sacred healing hotsprings. He was at this camp to learn the craft of non-violent civil disobedience. While I was there with him, he taught me how to ceremoniously strip the bark off of the tree and then to weave the fibers together. He told me that his tribe still used this technique to make clothing, baskets and bags. That was one of my first introductions of ethnobotany in actual use. It was really cool!