35th Annual Conference Abstracts

2012 Abstract Submissions

This is a list of all abstracts submitted. The final decision about acceptance of abstracts and what format they will be presented in, will be made in late February, 2012.
Author(s) Paper Title
Amber M. VanDerwarker, and Robert Kruger Staple Crop or Ritual Beverage: Early and Middle Formative Uses of Maize in the Olmec Heartland
Amiott, Michelle- Loyola University Chicago Cross Generational and Inter-Group Collaboration in the Creation of Innovative Urban Food Systems
ANDERSON, E. N. - University of California, Riverside Further Explorations in Medieval Mongol Medical Ethnobiology
Anderson, Kat USDA NRCS, and Frank Lake USFS PSW California Indian Ethnomycology and Associated Forest Management
ANDREWS, Deborah - University of Florida Homegrown Local Ecological Knowledge: A Constructivist Rationale for the Inverse Relationship Between Environmental Knowledge and Formal Education Levels
Antilla, Stacey - Institute of Applied Science, University of North Texas, Dr. Bruce Hunter - Department of Geography, University of North Texas, and Dra. Tizbe Teresa Arteaga Reyes - Instituto de... Ejidos and Community Mapping: Evaluating Payments for Environmental Services in Mexico
ARMSTRONG, Chelsey Geralda - University of Western Ontario, Neal FERRIS - University of Western Ontario, and El MOLTO - University of Western Ontario Paleoethnobotany and Cultural Resource Management: using ancient DNA analyses outside of academic archaeology– Zea mays (maize) in Eastern North America
Arshad Mehmood Abbasi* Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad Traditional ethno-veterinary practices by the tribal communities of Lesser Himalayas – Pakistan
Aston Philander, Lisa- University of Wyoming Community-Based Strategies for South African Medicinal Plant Conservation
Bardolph, Dana - University of California, Santa Barbara Community, Cuisine, and Cahokian Contact: Changes in Mississippian Plant Foodways in the Central Illinois River Valley
BARREAU, Antonia - Global Diversity Foundation-Mesoamerica (GDF-MA) - University of British Columbia., José Tomás IBARRA - Global Diversity Foundation-Mesoamerica (GDF-MA) - University of British... Neoliberal conservation and the division between nature and culture: Payments for environmental services disrupt food sovereignty in an indigenous community of Oaxaca, Mexico.
BARRIGA, Jose - Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Timothy SECOTT, Ph.D. - Minnesota State University, Mankato, Teressa TRUSTY, Ph.D. - Florida International... Integrating Indigenous and Western Medical Practices Through the Use of Medicinal Plants in the Peruvian Amazon
BOLTON, RIchard - Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba “Being Out on the Lake”: Iskatewizaagegan Anishinaabeg Perspectives on Fishing Practice and Well-Being
Brayton Noll, and Kimberlee Chambers Zena Forest Plant Guide
BRITE, Elizabeth B. - Auburn University The Spread of Cotton Agriculture in the Old World: Some New Insights from Central Asia
BROWN, Andrew - Middle Tennessee State University An Exploration of Turtle Shell Rattle Manufacture in the Mississippian Period
Brown, Cecil H. (Northern Illinois University and University of West Florida), Eike Luedeling (International Center for Research in Agroforestry), Søren Wichmann (Max Planck Institute for... The Paleobiolinguistics of Domesticated Squash (Cucurbita spp.)
BROWN, Christine - IIDP Washington State University MOTHER NATURE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES: Global Impacts on the Northern Arctic Inuit of Nunavut, Canada
BROWN, Christine - IIDP Washington State University SACRED HARVEST: Preserving 5,000 Years of Yakama Tradition in the Sawtooth Huckleberry Fields
Brown, Christopher - University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Sharlene O'Donnell - University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Elizabeth Southard - University of South Florida St. Petersburg... Harvesting the Bay: Subsistence at Weedon Island, Florida
Bussmann Rainer W. MBG-WLBC, and Narel Y Paniagua Zambrana Traditional knowledge in a changing world – new insights from the Chacobo in Bolivia
CAMPBELL, Brian - University of Central Arkansas Closest to Everlastin' Agrobiodiversity and Subsistence Traditions in the Ozarks, USA
Cannon, Carrie - Hualapai Department of Cultural Resources Applying 21st Century Technology in the Transmission and Documentation of Ancient Hualapai Ethnobotanical Knowledge
CASTLE, Lisa M. -Southwestern Oklahoma State University The “How” of Harvest Matters
Chambers, Kimberlee J. - Willamette University Chiltepins in Mexico’s Rio Sonora Valley: Community Conservation Initiatives for a Critical Species
CHANDLER-EZELL, Karol - Stephen F. Austin State University Mythical Monsters or Cute Cartoons? Symbolic Representation of Plants & Animals in Virtual Geography Games
CHAPOOSE, Betsy - Director of Cultural Rights and Protection; Northern Ute Tribe, and Sally MCBETH - Anthropology; University of Northern Colorado A Collaborative Ute Ethnobotany Project
CHMIDLING, Catherine - University of Missouri Gardening for Food, or Relaxation, or Survival, or Spirituality – The Smorgasbord Inside the Movement
CLASSEN, Zella-Southwestern Oklahoma State University, SWOSU BIOL 4454 Students-Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and Lisa CASTLE-Southwestern Oklahoma State University What is at risk? Students assess plants being harvested.
COIMBRA JR, Carlos E. A. - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, and James R. WELCH - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Xavante Cultural Landscapes, Part II: Ethnobiology of a Semicircular Jatobá Forest
Conley, Craig - New Mexico Highlands University Restoring Flood Water Farm Plots in the Eastern Checkerboard of the Navajo Nation: Integrating Ecology, Culture, Community
COZZO, David - Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources/North Carolina State University Duyukdv: Foundational Principle for the Cherokee Worldview and Environmental Ethic
Dezendorf, Caroline A. The Effects of Food Processing on the Archaeological Visibility of Maize: an experimental study of carbonization of lime-treated maize kernels
DOMBROSKY, Jonathan - Department of Anthropology, University of North Texas, and Stacey ANTILLA - Institute of Applied Science, Environmental Science, University of North Texas Student Perception of Feral Cats and Their Effects on Campus Wildlife
DONATO, Christopher - Prescott College, and ROSKRUGE, Nicholas - Massey University Kūmara (Sweetpotato) Establishment: A Comparison of Modern and Traditional Methods
Elise Krohn Feeding the People, Feeding the Spirit: Building Native Food Systems through Community Based Research
FEENEY, Kevin - Washington State University Peyote, Conservation, and the Native American Church
Fogg, Brandy, and Pierotti, Raymond The First Domestication: Examination of the relationship between indigenous Homo Sapiens of America and Australia and Canis lupus
FORNEY, Andra - University of Victoria Berry Pickers’ Perspectives on the Social-Ecological Well-Being of Black Huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum)
FOWLER, Cissy -- Wofford College Mapping the Emergence of Indigenous Fire Ecologies, Sociality, and Self
FREEDMAN, Bob Famine Foods - Plant Genetic Resources for Crops for the Future
GARIBALDI, Ann - Integral Ecology Group, and Shanti BERRYMAN - Integral Ecology Group A community-led approach for landscape planning
GILL, Harneet - University of Victoria Community-based environmental monitoring in the Canadian arctic using participatory photo mapping
GLENN, Ashley - Sacred Seeds, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden Sacred Seeds: Local Efforts That Cover the Globe
Gosford, Robert A - Ethnoornithology Research & Study Group A tale of two Goatsuckers - Nightjars in Australian Aboriginal life
Haas, Hannah - University of California, Santa Barbara, Amber Vanderwarker - University of California, Santa Barbara, and Greg Wilson - University of California, Santa Barbara The Effects of Warfare on the Daily Food Quest: Changes in Fishing Strategies in the Mississippian-period Central Illinois River Valley
Hazlett, Donald - Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO Plant Life History Knowledge & Tribal Lore Implications from Native American Plant Names
HUNN, Eugene S., University of Washington "Dog" as Life-Form
IBARRA, José Tomás - University of British Columbia, Antonia BARREAU - University of British Columbia, Francisca MASSARDO - Omora Ethnobotanical Park, and Ricardo ROZZI - Omora Ethnobotanical Park... The Andean Condor: a biocultural keystone species of the South American landscape
JAMPOLSKY, Jacquelyn Amour - University of Colorado, Boulder Cultural Property and Indigenous Cartography: Conceptualizing a Comprehensive Property Claim for Indigenous Peoples
Janelle Marie Baker, and Andrew Paul Wehea Dayak Forest Guardians: Becoming Men and Protecting Health
JERNIGAN, Kevin - University of Alaska Fairbanks Similarities and Differences in Aguaruna and Western Ornithological Perspectives on Amazonian Bird Ecology
JOHNSON, Leslie Main - Athabasca University, and Linda McDonald - Kaska Nation Challenges to Connection- Changes in the land and in ways of life in Kaska Dena territory
JOSEPH, Leigh -University of Victoria Ethnoecological Restoration of lhásem (Fritillaria camschatcensis), an Iconic Plant Food in the Squamish River Estuary, British Columbia
Katrina McClure, Steve Corbett, Dr. Kelly Kindscher, and Dr. Barbara Timmerman Native Medicinal Plants of Kansas
KINDSCHER, Kelly University of Kansas The Ethnobotany of Physalis longifolia, the Longleaf Groundcherry, and related Physalis species north of Mexico
KOVÁČIK, Peter - PaleoResearch Institute, Kathryn PUSEMAN - PaleoResearch Institute, Chad YOST - PaleoResearch Institute, Melissa K. LOGAN - PaleoResearch Institute, Linda SCOTT CUMMINGS -... Multiproxy Analysis of Coprolites from the Early Horizon Center of Caylan (800-1 BCE), North-Central Coast of Peru
Kuhlman, Alyse - WLBC-MBG, Fortunat Rakotoarivony - WLBC-MBG, Armand Randrianasolo - WLBC-MBG, Aina Razanatsima - WLBC-MBG, and Lucien Rasoaviety - WLBC-MBG Popular Music as a Communication Tool in Community Based Conservation
LeCompte-Mastenbrook, Joyce University of Washington Department of Anthropology Looking Backward while Moving Forward: Reconstructing and Revitalizing the Historical Significance of Mountain Habitats and Resources in Puget Salish Territory.
LEPOFSKY, Dana - Simon Fraser Univesrity, Anne SALOMON - Simon Fraser University, Margot HESSING-LEWIS - Simon Fraser University, and Ken LERTZMAN - Simon Fraser University The Herring School: Bringing together culture, ecology, and governance to support sustainability
MAGEE, Pennie - Magee Consulting International Açaí (Euterpe oleracea) in the daily lives of Brazilian Amazonians: an ethnobotanical summary
Maharjan, Najuma - Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and Dr. Lisa Castle - Southwestern Oklahoma State University Mapping Invaders from Heaven: (Ailanthus altissima)
Matthews, Allen - School of Sustainability and the Environment, Chatham University Cultivation of shiitake mushrooms as an agroforestry crop in the Northeast
MERLIN, Mark - University of Hawai`i at Manoa Persistent ritualistic hemp fiber use in Eurasia
Moffitt, Morgan - University of British Columbia Envisioning the North Coast: Layering Multiple Perspectives of a Contemporary Seascape
MOORE, Ramey - University of Arkansas-Fayetteville Conserving in the Ozarks: A Case Study of Hobbs State Park - Conservation Area
MORRISON, Alli - Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba Opaskwayak Cree Nation Wetland Ethnoecology: Land, Identity and Well-being in a Flooded Landscape
MURRIETA, Rui Sergio S. - University of São Paulo, and Eduardo BRONDÍIZIO - Indiana University Amazonian Purple Gold: sociecological implications of the growth of international consumption of açaí (Euterpe oleracea) to Amazonia
NABHAN, Gary Paul Place-Based Heritage Foods, Terroir & Climate Change: The Need for Cross-Cultural Collaborative Conservation
Nolan, Justin M. (University of Arkansas), Shawna Cain (University of Arkansas, Cherokee Nation), Roger Cain (University of Arkansas, Cherokee Nation), and John Richard Stepp (University of Florida) Western Cherokee Ethnoecology and Wild Plant Classification in the Oklahoma Ozarks
PFEIFFER, Jeanine - San Jose State University Native Science, Harvesting, Conservation, and Co-Management in Northern California
PIEROTTI, Raymond - Ecology and Evokutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lwrence, KS 66045, and Brandy Fogg - Indigenous Studies, University of Kansas Indigenous Fiction and The Coding of Ecological Knowledge: Canid Behavioral Ecology
Pinesse, Phyllis - Iskatewizaagegan No. 39 Independent First Nation, Iain Davidson-Hunt - Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Kimberly Greene - IIFN, Richard Bolton - NRI, University... Contemporary Land-based Practices of Iskatewizaagegan Anishinaabeg: A Household Survey
PIPERATA, Barbara A. - Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University Uprooted: Economic change and dietary strategies among upper-land communities, eastern Amazon, Brazil
PROCTOR, Katherine - University of Victoria, School of Environmental Studies, M.Sc. Candidate Exploring the Compatibility of Blue Camas (Camassia spp.) Cultivation with Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) Meadow Restoration and Conservation
Puri Amit Kaur CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF FOOD PATTERN AND CAUSES OF MALNUTRITIONAL DEATHS OF GOND AND KORKU TRIBES INHABITING IN VIDARBHA REGION, INDIA-AN ETHNOBOTANICAL APPROACH.
Puri Amit Kaur. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, RTM, NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA. Ethnic Concept of Anemia management though unconventional green leafy vegetables by Gond and Korku tribes of Vidarbha region of India˗ Bioprospects
QUINLAN, Marsha - Washington State University, and Venessa COOPER - Northwest Indian College Accessing Lummi Local, Native and Traditional Plants for Diabetes Prevention
Qureshi, Rahmatullah, Department of Botany, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Shaheen, Humaira, Department of Botany, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid... Ethnobotanical investigation of aridlands of district Khushab, Punjab, Pakistan
Rahman, Md. Sahidur - Biotech Concern, Bangladesh ***, Zahid, Ikhtiar - Biotech Concern, Bangladesh **, and Wadud, M A - Biotech Concern, Bangladesh** Studies of Traditional Anti-Diabetic Bangladeshi Plants for Potent α-amylase Inhibitory Effects in vitro
Rahman, Md. Sahidur - Biotech Concern, Bangladesh ***, Zahid, Ikhtiar - Biotech Concern, Bangladesh **, and Rana, Md. Masud - Northern International Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh** Phylogenetic Analysis of Rakhain Tribe of Patuakhali District, Bangladesh.
RAPINSKI, Michel - IRBV, Université de Montréal, John T. ARNASON - University of Ottawa, and Alain CUERRIER - Montreal Botanical Garden Antidiabetic plants of the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee of northern Quebec, Canada.
SAULT, Nicole - Sally Glean Center for the Avian Arts Condor Calling: Ethno-ornithology in the Peruvian Andes
Scott Cummings, Linda (do not abbreviate any part of this name)- PaleoResearch Institute, Melissa K Logan - PaleoResearch Institute, and Tim Rieth - IARII Traditional Medicine, Ceramic Vessels, and Organic Residues: Chemical Evidence for Euphorbiaceae Processing in Samoa 2000 years ago
SEGREST, Valerie - Muckleshoot Tribe, Northwest Indian College, IATP Food and Community Fellow The Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty Project: Revitalizing Northwest Coastal Indian Food Culture
SHANNIGRAH, Mrs. Sabitri - M.Sc.(Botany). B.Ed., Assistant teacher, Hoomgrah, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, INDIA-721157, and Mr. Syamal Kanti Shannigrahi. M.Sc.(Chemistry). B.Ed., Head Master,... Conservation of Traditional Knowledge About Medicinal Herbs by Indegenous People
Siqueira, Andrea D. - Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (ACT), Indiana University, Bloomington, and Brondizio, Eduardo S. -... Global consumers of local tastes: market pressures on local Açai fruit consumption and production in the Amazon estuary
Smith, Ian - University of Arkansas Coffee and Cognition: Examining Intracultural Variation in American Consumer Perception
SNIVELY-MARTINEZ, Amy - Washington State University, Zara SANCHEZ - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú, Heidi COTRINA - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú, Maria ROJAS... Mechanisms of exchange of native tuber ‘seeds’ among farmers in Armatanga, Perú
SNYDER, Charles- Washington State Universtiy, and Emily WOLFE- Washington State University Greening the Campus: Environmental Restoration and Ecology Education as Student Outreach
TAYLOR, David - University of Portland, and Vi DUONG - University of Portland CONSERVATION OF CULINARY CUSTOMS: EXAMPLES FROM PUERTO RICO AND VIET NAM
Thompson, Amanda - Department of Clothing, Textiles and Interior Design, University of Alabama, and Marcy Koontz- Department of Clothing, Textiles and Interior Design, University of Alabama The Re-emergence of a Formerly Maligned Plant: A New Perspective of Bamboo in Alabama
TONGCO, Ma. Dolores - Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines and University of Hawaii, McCLATCHEY, Will - Botanical Research Institute of Texas and University of Hawaii, MALICSI, Eulalio... Dioscorea divaricata Blanco: a cultural keystone species of the Magbukún Ayta of Kanawan, Morong, Philippines
Turkon, Paula - Ithaca College Integrating Traditional and Scientific Knowledge in Place-Based College Curriculum
Turner, Nancy (School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, BC) Cultural keystone places: implications for ecological conservation and cultural renewal
WELCH, James R. - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, and Carlos E. A. COIMBRA JR. - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Xavante Cultural Landscapes, Part I: Oral History of Resource Management at a Regional Scale
WHEELER, Tanner- Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Zella CLASSEN-Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Caleb MURROW-Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Maria ORTEGA-Southwestern Oklahoma... Heavenly invaders? Student supporting the community and environment by investigating an invasive tree.
Whitecloud, Simone Dartmouth College, and Lenore Grenoble University of Chicago An interdisciplinary approach to documenting knowledge: plants & their uses in Greenland
Wolverton, Steve - University of North Texas, Dept. Geography, and Nagaoka, Lisa - University of North Texas, Dept. Geography Resource Depression at the Eagle's Ridge Site: Implications of the Behavioral Ecology of White-tailed Deer
Woo, Maggie - University of British Columbia Experiences of Cassava and Development in a Coastal Tanzanian Village
WYLLIE DE ECHEVERRIA, Victoria - School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria Learning about Moolks (Malus fusca Raf.): Ethnoecological findings from Gitga’at elders
WYNDHAM, Felice - University of British Columbia, Antonia BARREAU - University of British Columbia, and Ei Angelica POSINHO - Jesudi, Paraguay Children's plant knowledge over time: the importance of livelihood, landscape and life history in the Paraguayan Chaco
YOST, Chad - PaleoResearch Institute, Golden, Colorado Dayflower (Commelina sp.) Seed Phytoliths at Archaeological Sites: A Microbotanical Indicator of Dayflower Utilization and a Potential Proxy Indicator of Agricultural Activities.