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The Idaho Museum of Natural History will host the premier showing of the film, 鈥淪torytelling and How Wild Plants Were Used by the Bannock People.鈥� Following the 30 minute film, Bannock Elder Ramona B. Walema, Ethno Botanist, will conduct a public discussion focusing on Native American stories and traditional and medicinal uses of wild plants.

The presentation is free and open to the public and will be held Tuesday, June 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the Museum Classroom.

Ramona B. Walema refers to herself as a 鈥淪toryteller鈥� and is an enrolled member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall, Idaho. Her ancestry is Bannock, and she is the youngest daughter of a Bannock Medicine man. She has lived on the Fort Hall Reservation all her life and as a child listened as her father told stories. Today, she has become an expert at telling the stories of the past as a way to teach young people the values of life.

Walema has a Bachelor of Arts degree from 黑暗爆料网 with a focus on Native American Studies and is working towards a Masters. She gives presentations to audiences of all ages and has taught classes on the Bannock language; traditional Indian art, basketry, and beadwork; Indian design; using plants for medicinal and edible uses; and working with porcupine quills.

For more information, contact Walema at (208) 237-6345 or contact Rebecca Thorne-Ferrel, IMNH Education Resources Manager, at (208) 282-2195 or thorrebe@isu.edu. IMNH is located on the campus of 黑暗爆料网 at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Dillon Street in Building #12. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.