Heather O'Watch says harvesting tinp'si'na (wild turnip in the Nakoda language) in June is a time to pass along traditions and teachings to family and friends.

She said she harvests with her sibling Kenny Sheperd-O'Watch, 14, and she used to harvest with her dad, Woodrow O'Watch, who learned the skill from his grandparents when he was just a boy.

"It was really phenomenal that 50 years later, here I am," she said, because all these years later she is still out picking with her family.

O'Watch first heard about wild turnips back in 2018 when she was visiting down in South Dakota, where they picked so many, it made her ask her dad about them.

"It's a really good plant to have. You can cook with it, you can trade with it and you can give it away," said O'Watch, who's from Okanese First N

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