How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts

Author: Frances Densmore
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Describes Chippewa techniques of gathering and preparing nearly two hundred wild plants of the Great Lakes area and provides information on their medicinal usage and botanical and common names. Bibliogs

How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine and Crafts

Author: Frances Densmore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany, Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Use of plants by Native Americans.

Chippewa Customs

Author: Frances Densmore
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873511425
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309

Book Description
An authoritative source for the tribal history, customs, legends, traditions, art, music, economy, and leisure activities of the Ojibwe people.

A Handbook of Native American Herbs

Author: Alma R. Hutchens
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834824221
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 271

Book Description
The author of ‘the bible on herbalism’ returns with a portable guide on North American medicinal herbs—for the professional and amateur herbalist alike Based on the now-classic reference text Indian Herbalogy of North America, this illustrated pocket guide is the perfect companion for those eager to expand their knowledge of herbal healing. Through detailed descriptions and illustrations, Alma R. Hutchens walks readers through: • 125 of the most useful medicinal herbs found in North America, and their uses • How to create herbal remedies for common ailments • The herbal traditions of North America and other lands Entries include staples of folk medicine such as echinacea and slippery elm as well as common kitchen herbs—from parsley to thyme to pepper—whose tonic and healing properties are less widely known.

Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians

Author: Huron H. Smith
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
This work is the third in a series of six books about the fieldwork done among Wisconsin Indians to discover their uses of native or introduced plants and. The author dedicates much attention to the history of these plant uses by their ancestors. The author also mentions the decline of the native art and traditions of planting the younger generations of the people.

Wild Edibles of Missouri

Author: Jan Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781887247184
Category : Cooking (Wild foods)
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
A guide to locating and preparing wild edible plants growing in Missouri. Each plant has a botanical name attached. The length or season of the flower bloom is listed; where that particular plant prefers to grow; when the plant is edible or ready to be picked, pinched, or dug; how to prepare the wildings; and a warning for possible poisonous or rash-producing plants or parts of plants.--from Preface (p. vi).

Survival Skills of the North American Indians

Author: Peter Goodchild
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1569765030
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 430

Book Description
This comprehensive review of Native American life skills covers collecting and preparing plant foods and medicines; hunting animals; creating and transporting fire; and crafting tools, shelter, clothing, utensils, and other devices. Step-by-step instructions and 145 detailed diagrams enable the reader to duplicate native methods using materials available in local habitats. A new foreword, introduction, and index complement the practical information offered.

Billy Joe Tatum's Wild Foods Cookbook and Field Guide

Author: Billy Joe Tatum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
A field reference that includes an illustrated guide identifying 70 wild plants, plus a collection of 350 recipes for serving up the forager's finds.

Wildwood Wisdom

Author: Ellsworth Jaeger
Publisher: Shelter Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780936070124
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 522

Book Description
Offers practical advice on outdoor clothing, packs, sleeping bags, shelters, fire making, use of the ax, outdoor sanitation, camp cookery, edible plants, canoeing and trailcraft.

The Book of Indian Crafts & Indian Lore

Author: Julian Harris Salomon
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472

Book Description
Tells how various articles connected with Indian life were made and used. Some subjects included are Indian music, games, dances, and food. Grades 6-8.