"ᑕᐃᒪᓕ ᐸᕐᓇᓗᐊᓚᐅᙱᑕᕋ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᓄᓇᒦᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᓛᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ," ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓴᐱᐅᓪ ᐅᕋᐃᓐᔪ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᖦᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᓇᑭᙶᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑏᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᑏᑐᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᕐᓂᐅᕗᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᑎᑭᓵᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓄᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ herbalist-ᖑᓪᓗᓂ, ᑏᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ. ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ herbal apothecary−ᖑᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᑏᑐᖅᑎᐅᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᑎᖦᖢᒋᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓂᕆᕝᕕᖕᓂ, ᑳᐱᑐᕐᕕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ, ᑏᑐᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓇᑭᙶᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑎᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᑦ ᑏᖏᓐᓂᒃ. 

18−ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ herbs ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒃᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᖓᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ. "ᑕᐃᒪᓕ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᕈᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᓛᕈᒪᔭᖃᖅᑰᔨᓚᐅᙱᓐᓇᒪ," ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖅ, ᐃᓱᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᓄᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᖓ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᙱᒻᒪᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ. "ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᒫᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᖑᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᓱᓕᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ," ᑲᔪᓯᔪᖅ.  

ᕋᐃᓐᔪ ᐃᓅᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᓕᑎᒃ ᑎᒍᐊᖅᑎ ᐃᓚᒥᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᖃᑎᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᙶᖅᑐᓂᒃ. ᒫᓐᓇ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᖅ Squamish ᐊᒻᒪ Lilwat-ᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑏᓕᐅᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂ. ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᑦ ᑏᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓲᖑᕗᑦ. "ᐃᒃᐱᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓐᓈᕈᕐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᒍᑦ. ᓄᓇᒦᒐᔪᒃᐳᒍᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕙᒃᖢᑕ ᖃᖅᑲᓂᒃ. ᐱᕈᖅᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᑭᕗᒍᑦ ᐱᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᓪᓗ ᓴᓇᕙᒃᐸᒃᖢᒋᑦ, ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᒧᓪᓗ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᕈᖅᓯᐊᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓈᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᑏᑐᓕᓲᑦ, ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓲᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ.  

2006-ᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐅᑭᐅᖕᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᓂ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ, ᐴᑯᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᑦᑐᐹᓘᑦᓱᓂ. ᐃᓕᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑎᓪᓕᒐᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓚᖓᒍᑦ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᖅᑮᓂᖅ ᑲᑉᐸᓂᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᒍᑎᒋᒋᐊᓐᖓᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓃᓚᐅᖏᒻᒪᑦ. "ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓕᕆᓂᐊᕐᓗᖓ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓂᑲᒍᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ, ᓴᓇᔪᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ," ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᑦ. 

ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᐃᓚᖓᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᓛᖑᖃᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒧᑦ. ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓈᓴᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑭᖏᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᒡᓕᖏᑦ, ᓇᓂᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᓂᒃ. "ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᓇᒡᓕᒋᔭᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒃᓱᕉᑎᖃᖅᖢᖓᓗ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓗᐊᓚᐅᙱᑕᕋ," ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ. ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᑦ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒡᓚᕝᕕᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᑕᐅᑐᖅᑰᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

"ᐊᑭᑐᔫᑎᓕᕆᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑎᒍᑦ," ᑐᑭᓯᓇᖅᓯᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕋᔅᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᔪᓕᕆᓃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᑦ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓗᐊᓚᐅᙱᒻᒪᒍ.  ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᓐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓗᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓇᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᙵᔪᓂᒃ ᒫᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᓕᕇᓕᖅᓯᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᖅᑰᔨᔪᓂᒃ. ᓂᑲᒍᓱᙱᖦᖢᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᒪᑦᑎᐊᙱᖦᖢᓂ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᓕᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓱᓕᕋᒥ ᓄᓇᒥᓂᒡᓗ. 

"ᐊᑭᑐᔫᑎᑎᒍᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐅᑎᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᒃ."

ᐃᓚᖓᑦ ᐃᓕᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᖁᐊᖅᓵᖅᓯᒪᓂᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᑕᖓ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔪᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᒫᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᑲᑎᙵᖃᑎᖃᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ, ᖁᐋᖅᓵᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ, ᒪᒥᓴᕈᓐᓇᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᑭᖑᕚᕇᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐊᑐᓵᖅᑕᕗᑦ, ᑐᑭᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᓇᑭᙶᕐᒪᖔᑕ, ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᔪᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ, ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓚᐃᓐᓇᑯᓗᖏᓐᓄᑦ," ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᑦ ᓈᓴᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᖏᑦ. ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᒪᑐᐃᙶᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒦᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦ.

ᐅᑎᕈᓐᓇᕈᓂ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᓂᓗ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᒧᑦ, "ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑲᕕᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓗᑎᑦ." ᕋᐃᓐᔪ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖀᒥᒍᓱᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂ. ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ADHD−ᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᑭᖑᕙᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᑐᓴᖁᓇᔭᕐᒥᔭᖏᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᐃᑦ, "ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓗᑎᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒋᑦ. ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᑎᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᒋᑦ."

ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᑦ ᐱᔪᒃᓯᑎᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ. ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓂᖕᒥᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᖕᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᓯᓚᒥᑦ. ᕋᐃᓐᔪ ᐱᔪᒃᓯᑎᑕᐅᖕᒥᔪᖅᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᖃᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓄᓪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓇᒧᙵᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕆᔭᒥᓂᒃ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓇᒧᙵᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᒥ. 

ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᓛᕆᕙᐅᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐱᕆᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓯᕕᖓᓪᓗᓂ. ᓅᖦᖢᓂ ᐊᓘᑎᒥᒃ ᓂᐅᖅᑲᒐᕐᒧᑦ, ᓇᓂᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᕕᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᕐᖑᓯᐅᔭᙳᐊᖓ ᑏ - ᕋᐃᓐᔪ ᑏ. ᒪᔪᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓐᓈᕈᕐᓂᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒃᑯᑦ. ᑏᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᕈᑕᐅᕗᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖁᑎᖓ ᓴᖅᑭᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓇᓪᓕᒍᓱᓐᓂᖓᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᐊᑦᑎᐊᕈᐊᓗᒃ.

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐋᓕᓴᓐ ᑎᐊᑦᕗᑦ ᔅᕗᐊᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ.