Gathering Medicine – Lii Bonn Michinn (Metis Traditions)

by Kalyn Kodiak, ClH | Aug 8, 2022

Learn about the blended healing traditions of Metis people & our plant medicine traditions, Right Relationships & Living in a Good Way. The time of harvest is beginning, so let’s harvest in a good way – the way our grandmas knew! We will gather in...

Students of Aberystwyth, Wales Visit Kodiak Herbal

by Kalyn Kodiak, ClH | Apr 1, 2022 | Articles, Recipes & Blog Posts, Herb Gossip, Lifestyle

I had the extreme pleasure of hosting students from Coleg Ceredigion during their visit to Canada in March 2022, for a plant walk featuring traditional Metis medicines of the Bow River Valley. Among the group of travelers, who hailed from various parts of the UK, were...

Metis Medicines of Early Summer – Lii Bonn Michinn Plantwalk

by Kalyn Kodiak, ClH | Mar 25, 2022

Lii Bonn Michinn Plant Walk in the Foot hills! The flowers of berry bushes, trees and edible greens will be springing up with renewed energy in June! This is the best time to learn traditional plant identification skills, and to harvest the last of the spring greens....

Metis Riverside Plants, Foods & Medicines

by Kalyn Kodiak, ClH | Mar 25, 2022

Explore 3 unique ecosystems in Fish Creek Park with a Metis Herbalist. We will move along the riverbanks, under cottonwoods and through the prairie grasses of the Bow River Valley, sharing information from Metis plant culture and relationships. Teachings on the...

Elderberry Medicine Make & Take

by Kalyn Kodiak, ClH | Mar 25, 2022

Elderberry is one of our best traditional antiviral medicines and a traditional source of food, tools and a rainbow spectrum of dyes for clothing and crafts. In this workshop we’ll be making elderberry syrup from scratch, and getting creative along the way with...