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Moore, author of the above plant books. Major

plant photos, engravings, drawings imagebase

gateway. and on-line manuals of use. More than a

thousand quality plant pix are accessible by

botanic, common name and (some) by

Spanish-name indexes. Moore is highly

knowledgeable and has studied deeply in native

plant lore (but has gone beyond old writings in his

own explorations). His approach is scientific, not

mystical. Very good color photos, his own, and

those by Mimi Camp, accurate habitat

descriptions and correct universal botanic names

make all of the above books good field handbooks

for their respective regions.

Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden : Agriculture of the

Hidatsa Indians (Borealis); Gilbert L. Wilson;

Paperback; $8.

Review of BUFFALO BIRD WOMAN'S GARDEN, a

fascinating book!

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Keepers of Life : Discovering Plants Through Native

American Stories and Earth Activities for Children;

Michael J. Caduto, Joseph Bruchac; Hardcover; $16.

Native Plant Stories; Joseph Bruchac, Michael J.

Caduto; Paperback; $10.36 -- these are the traditional

stories, in a paperback, that are included in Keepers of

Life.

Read REVIEW of KEEPERS OF LIFE and the

storybook and Teacher Guide that go with it.

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Kashaya Pomo Plants; Jennie Goodrich, et al;

Paperback; $10.36 Pomo Basketmaking : A Supreme

Art for the Weaver; Elsie Allen; Paperback; $6.

Read about Short Pomo history and Pomo

feathered, beaded fancy baskets and a short

biography of Pomo basket weaver Elsie Allen.

How the California basketweavers saved some

plants from a dam.

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From the Earth to Beyond the Sky : Native American

Medicine; Evelyn Wolfson, Jennifer Hewitson

(Illustrator); Hardcover; $10.46;

The Culture of Flowers; Jack Goody; Paperback;

Eating on the Wild Side : The Pharmacologic, Ecologic,

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