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Return here with BACK or GO keyComing out of the book is bearberry, best known by
one of its Indian names, kinikinik. Its Ojibwe name is
saga-ko-minagunj, "berry with spikes on it". The leaves
were smoked and used as headache remedies. A tea
made of dried leaves had verious medical uses. Berries,
which survive all winter in the snow, were emergency
food, and were used to make a tea. Discover native
medical and food uses, and chemical composition of
this plant by fooling around with the database, here.
And here's a tnative plants/medical database -- pick a
categopry from the list window -- tribe and you'll see
long list of every plant somebody once said they used
for medicine. Or problem (what all did everyone use for
that?) Then click on a plant (botanical name are used)
and find out what use, who said it, when. Just generally
fool around and learn about this useful resource.
How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine and
Crafts; Frances Densmore; Paperback; $5.
Dover reprint of report compiled between 1908-20.
Despite its general title the Natives are Ojibwe,
from White Earth, Cass Lake, Mille Lacs and
Grand Portage, Minnesota; Lac Courte Oreilles,
Wisconsin; and Manitou Rapids, Ontario, Canada.
Densmore, unlike most male anthros, was a
musicologist, who was also very interested in
foods, medicines and crafts. Her plant
compilations are a model that (unfortunately)
often wasn't followed by later men collecting plantlNative American Ethnobotany, Plant Knowledge: Book Orders On-Line
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