Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

University of Montana Student Research on Ethnobotany

University of Montana students have done research on ethnobotany subjects for many years. We are highlighting research done by students on Native plants and ethnobotany subjects related to Montana's Native peoples.

University of Montana

 1966

An investigation of the edible and medicinal plants used by the Flathead Indians

Ron D. Stubbs, The University of Montana

 

1974

Plant taxonomy of the Salish and Kootenai Indians of western Montana

Jeffrey Arthur Hart, The University of Montana

 

1982

Power without: On the practice of wilderness teaching

Edward Grumbine, The University of Montana

 

1992

Sussex School backyard nature area project

Yukiko Maeda Tanaka, The University of Montana

 

1994

The ethnobotany of Capsicum in some new-world societies

Marcia J. Hass, The University of Montana

 

1995

Kawaiisu of south-central California| Creating a new identity

Leslie Zaglauer, The University of Montana

 

1997

Coyote and the prickly pear| An etiology of ethnobotany among the Hualapai

John T. Rowan, The University of Montana

 

1998

"To make a garden spot of one of the dreariest places on the planet": Federal reclamation on the Zuni and Navajo reservations 1883-1914

Christian W. McMillen, The University of Montana

 

2002

Growth and clonal integration of sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata) in western Montana

Dawn M. White, The University of Montana

 

2004

Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne: Medicinal Plants

Gabriel Ruben Bernier, The University of Montana

 

2007

KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF NATIVE TREES BY LOCAL FOREST USERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR A PHILIPPINE PROTECTED AREA

Noah Jackson, The University of Montana

 

2009

Assessing Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Resources to Develop a Sustainable Management Plan for the Lokaro Reserve in Southeast, Madagascar

Ashley Davis Lehman, The University of Montana

 

2009

Exploring Perspectives on Landscape and Language among Kaike Speakers in Dolpa, Nepal

Corrie Maya Daurio, The University of Montana

 

2011

Life History and Demography of Trillium ovatum Pursh. (Liliaceae)in Western Montana

Tarn Ream, The University of Montana

 

2011

The Dwellers Between: Yup'ik Shamans and Cultural Change in Western Alaska

Ahnie Litecky, The University of Montana

 

2013

The Crow Tribe's Knowledge of Local Plants

Jesse Wolff, The University of Montana

 

2014

Demographic and epidemiological changes on the Flathead Reservation 1887-1935

Christina Joy Heiner, The University of Montana

 

2014

UNDERSTANDING TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES OF MEDICINAL PLANT USE IN CARHUAMAYO, JUNIN, PERU

Anastasia Orkwiszewski, University of Montana - Missoula

 

2015

Cultural and ecological relationship between the Nisqually Indian Tribe and Plants of Mount Rainier National Park

David Alan Hooper, The University of Montana

 

2015

The Piegan View of the Natural World, 1880-1920

Rosalyn R. LaPier, The University of Montana

 

2018

Reproduction of Space in the Mountains of Morocco: A Case Study in the Western Rif

Ismail Medkouri, University of Montana, Missoula

 

2019

Recovering our Roots: The Importance of Salish Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Traditional Food Systems to Community Wellbeing on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana

Mitchell Rose Bear Don't WalkUniversity of Montana, Missoula

 

2021

An Exploration of Ethnobotanically Significant Plants to the Native American Tribes of Montana

Margaret Magee

 

2022

Creating Connections to Landscapes and Cultures through the Plants of Montana and the Interior Northwest

Susan Elise Teitelman

 

2023

Welcome to the Farm

Elani Ben-Gabriel BorhegyiUniversity of Montana, Missoula