Cured salmon with four sacred Indigenous medicines

Ingredients

• 900gm side of salmon, Atlantic, preferably organic, skin attached
• 1 cup (250 ml) brown sugar
• 1 cup (250 ml) kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon juniper berries
• 1/2 bunch fresh thyme
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 inch (7.5cm) piece of braided sweetgrass (available at various Indigenous Friendship Centres)
• 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1 medium red beet, finely grated
• 1 small bunch buffalo or white sage, chopped