The Katzie Waterworld
The Katzie are a Coast Salish people of the Fraser River Delta. Since time immemorial, this community has inhabited their lowlying waterworld, farmed the tuber wapato (Sagittaria latifolia) in vast wetland gardens, and managed other plant and animal resources in the rich delta environment they call home. This longstanding partnership between Katzie scholars Roma Leon, Mike Leon, and Debbie Miller, and allied researchers Tanja Hoffmann, Natasha Lyons, and others, combines archaeobotany, archaeology, traditional knowledge and Indigenous sovereignty to understand and document their long history of Indigenous resource management with a view to restoring Katzie rights to farm wapato and manage other traditional plant foods, medicines and technologies in their territory.
Articles of Interest
How can Archaeobotany serve Katzie food sovereignty? (2023)
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Were the Ancient Coast Salish Farmers? A Story of Origins (2021)
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Katzie & the Wapato: An Archaeological Love Story (2018)
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Engineered feature used to enhance gardening at a 3800-year-old site on the Pacific Northwest Coast (2016)
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