Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge

Indian Herbalogy of North America; Alma R. Hutchens;

Paperback; $15.20;

The Handbook is a portable field companion with

plant ID's. 125 North American herbs covered,

kitchen as well as medical. Indian Herbology of

North America (382 pages, $17) by Hutchens

covers more than 200 plants in more detail, the

emphasis there is entirely medical.

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Teachings of Nature; Adolf Hungry Wolf, Okan Hungry

Wolf (Illustrator); Paperback;

Nanise' : A Navajo Herbal : One Hundred Plants From

the Navajo Reservation; Vernon O. Mayes, Barbara

Bayless Lacy; Paperback; $27.

Identifies and illustrates (in line drawings and

color plates) 100 plants found today on the Navajo

Reservation. Each is identified by an English,

Latin, and Navajo name. A description of each

plant's use as a food, emetic, dye, etc., is also

given. Until now, there has been no

comprehensive reference on plants of the Navajo

Reservation. This book is valuable to both

amateur and seasoned botanist in the Southwest,

in addition to others interested in health remedies

and Navajo folklore and culture. Published by

Navajo community College Press.

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Navajo Indian Medical Ethnobotany (University of New

Mexico Bulletin Anthropological Series, Vol 3, No 5);

Leland C. Wyman, Stuart K. Harris; Hardcover; (Special

Order)

Ethnobotany of the Navajo; F. Elmore; Hardcover;

Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous

Peoples : Nutrition, Botany and Use (Food and Nutrition

in History and Anthropology, Vol 8); Harriet V.

Kuhnlein, Nancy J. Turner; Hardcover;

This outrageously-priced book comes from research

(mostly compiled from other people's writings) funded

by the Canadian government. The anthros who wrote it

on government tick have the nerve to say they know

First Nations Reserve people are quite poor -- so here's

some info that can help them eat better. Yah, poor

reserve residents gonna buy a $90 book, sure. Turner,

BTW is an anthro who thinks kinikinnik and tobacco are

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