The bitterroot is an important plant to the Salish people and is celebrated during the Bitterroot Feast in the spring, where for generations a young Salish girl is chosen to dig up the first root of the season. (Courtesy photo)
December 13, 2021
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December 14, 2021 6 p.m.
Salish Plant Society aims to help native people learn about traditional food sources
Ethnobotanist Rose Bear Don’t Walk said she wants to reconnect Montana’s Bitterroot Salish people with foods they’ve depended on for thousands of years.