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1. Outdoor Spaces

   1. Ethnobotany Garden

      The Ethnobotany Garden surrounding the University of Montana's Payne Family Native American Center provides an opportunity for public education and a living laboratory for students. Fittingly, it sits on the site of a historic Salish Indian encampment, and the building is designed to reflect that legacy as well as the heritage and cultures of all Montana Native American tribes.

       
      

      The Ethnobotany Garden contains Native plants, shrubs and grasses of the Rocky Mountain West.  Eight "Circle of Life" represent the diverse ecoregions of Montana and the Native American tribe or tribes that live within that region. Explore each "Circle of Life" on the Ethnobotany Garden webpage and the rich histories and contemporary stories of the Native American tribes of Montana and the Native plants important to them.