This banner design features beautiful summer medicines from the land, including wild rose, rough fescue and Saskatoon berries.
The wild rose and rose hips represent reciprocity for me. The plant was use to help European settlers suffering from scurvy due to a lack of vitamin C, showing an early exchange of knowledge between settlers and Indigenous medicine knowledge holders, while also demonstrating the abundance of medicine that Mother Earth has for us.
Rough fescue, Alberta’s provincial grass, is an important food source for our animal relatives. Saskatoon berries have long been gathered by Indigenous communities and continue to be enjoyed by many people in Calgary today.