{"id":2545,"date":"2024-03-23T18:14:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T22:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/original-discoveries\/botanical-from-nunavik\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T19:08:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T23:08:41","slug":"botanical-from-nunavik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/original-discoveries\/botanical-from-nunavik\/","title":{"rendered":"Botanical from Nunavik"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2545\" class=\"elementor elementor-2545 elementor-928\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-383cdbd7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"383cdbd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79a16fb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"79a16fb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"container\" data-elementor-id=\"2447\" class=\"elementor elementor-2447\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b2633e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b2633e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"banniere-page\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d653a elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"37d653a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t#banniere-page {\r\n\t\t\tbackground-position: ;\r\n\t\t}\r\n\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-107d9924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"107d9924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Botanical from Nunavik<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5000a708 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5000a708\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33110d53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33110d53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>THRIVING IN THE NORTH<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Plants and Inuit, a cultural relation and identity<\/strong><\/p><p>The significant of plants in Inuit life has been underestimated; on the contrary, they are essential to their health and in the preservation of their cultural identity. What would we know of fireweed (Chamerion latifolium; paunnaq), alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara; tursaq) or oxytrope (Oxytropis spp.; airaq) if not for the Northern peoples who educated us on their uses and benefits? In other words, who are the Inuit without these berries (and other plants) that define and to which they devote a boundless passion?<\/p><p>The tundra has many valuable plants and Inuit knew how to recognize, name and used them. It was wrong to presume that the Inuit people abbey to a strictly animal diet. Among the plants used, we find fuel, technology (baskets, mattresses, wicks, etc.), food and medicine (teas are a part of it).<\/p><p>Among the problems that they can heal, we find intestinal diseases and stomach pain, skin problems, respiratory and infectious diseases. The plants of Nunavik grapple with a rigorous climate (cold, wind, sustained sunlight); the same weapons as they made to face play a protective role for the wellbeing of all. Health!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa8e570 elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-posts__hover-gradient elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"aa8e570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1053 botanical type-botanical status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/cloudberrybakeapple\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cloudberry-1-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2178\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cloudberry-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cloudberry-1-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cloudberry-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cloudberry-1-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cloudberry-1-2048x1371.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/cloudberrybakeapple\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tCloudberry\/bakeapple\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Cloudberry is the fruit of choice for the Inuit. However, the old leaves are one of the best known teas for the Nunavimmiut (Inuit of<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/cloudberrybakeapple\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cloudberry\/bakeapple\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tLire la suite \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1052 botanical type-botanical status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/crowberry\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/crowberry-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2179\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/crowberry-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/crowberry-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/crowberry-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/crowberry-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/crowberry-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/crowberry-1-680x510.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/crowberry\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tCrowberry\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Small creeping plant riddled with linear leaves, the Inuit harvested the juicy black crowberry berries in the fall. This plant is placed in the blueberry<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/crowberry\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Crowberry\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tLire la suite \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1051 botanical type-botanical status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/ground-juniper\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0058-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2246\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0058-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0058-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0058-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0058-1-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0058-1.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/ground-juniper\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tGround Juniper\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Creeping conifer, the Ground Juniper is a member of the Cupressaceae family (just like white cedar). Its needles stems and berries are used for the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/ground-juniper\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ground Juniper\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tLire la suite \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1050 botanical type-botanical status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/northern-labrador-tea\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/smalllabrador-1-300x189.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2182\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/smalllabrador-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/smalllabrador-1-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/smalllabrador-1-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/smalllabrador-1-1536x967.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/smalllabrador-1-2048x1289.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/northern-labrador-tea\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tNorthern Labrador tea\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Very close relative of the Labrador Tea, which is better known and distributed, the small Labrador Tea grows further north. True tea of the shrub<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/northern-labrador-tea\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Northern Labrador tea\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tLire la suite \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1048 botanical type-botanical status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/labrador-tea\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/labrador-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2181\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/labrador-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/labrador-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/labrador-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/labrador-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/labrador-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/labrador-1-680x510.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/labrador-tea\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tLabrador Tea\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Shrub of our boreal forests, Labrador Tea is a part of the blueberry family (Ericaceae). It is known and appreciated by the First Nations and<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/botanical\/labrador-tea\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Labrador Tea\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tLire la suite \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THRIVING IN THE NORTH Plants and Inuit, a cultural relation and identity The significant of plants in Inuit life has been underestimated; on the contrary, they are essential to their health and in the preservation of their cultural identity. What would we know of fireweed (Chamerion latifolium; paunnaq), alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara; tursaq) or oxytrope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2161,"parent":2539,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2545","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2545"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2545\/revisions\/2624"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliceboreal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}