Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge

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BOOKS:

info. Of course most ethnographers didn't have

the collaboration of a Native woman like Mary

Warren English of White Earth. Whatever tribe you

are, this book is amodel, a pace-setter, and a

price-bargain. 396 pages, many cross-rerencing

tables,the best that could be done with that before

computers. Densmore is the only ethnobotanist to

suggtest a little of the complexity of preparing

herbal medicines, which for Ojibwe women, were

complex compounds of roots and bark prepared

in special ways, steeped in particular amounts of

hot water, and given in prescribed dosages. Don't

fool around with this stuff on your own! There's a

brief section on foods (she covers foods in more

detail in Chippewa Customs), and a lot of very

good info on plants used for dyes of quills, and

later fabrics (hides were painted with a

grease-and-minerals paint, not dyed).

Frances Densmore on the hawthorn plant, in a

special section on beads and beadwork.

Densmore on bandolier bags. Densmore writes

and shows how birchbark patterns were used for

bead embroidery and weaving, with patterns often

cut from pretty leaves or flowers found.

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Los Remedios : Traditional Herbal Remedies of the

Southwest; Michael Moore; Paperback; $7.96;

Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West : A

Guide to Identifying, Preparing, and Using Traditional

Medicinal Plants Found in the Deserts and C; Michael

Moore; Paperback; $13.

Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West;

Michael Moore; Hardcover; $19.95 (Back Ordered)

Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West; Michael Moore;

Paperback; $13.

Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West; Michael Moore,

Mimi Kamp (Illustrator); Paperback; $18.

Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande : Traditional

Medicine of the Southwest; Michael Moore (Editor), et

al; Paperback; $14.95 (Back Ordered)

Many plant images, are maintained by Southwest

School of Botanical Medicine,. headed by Michael

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