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 & Crafts

Author: Frances Densmore
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486131106
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution offers a wealth of material on nearly 200 plants used by Chippewas of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Emphasis on wild plants and lesser-known uses. 33 plates.

How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine, and Crafts

Author: Frances Densmore
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486230198
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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.

Indian Herbalogy of North America

Author: Alma R. Hutchens
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0877736391
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An encyclopedia of North American medicinal plants, this classic herbalist’s guide goes inside Native American herbalism and other natural healing traditions around the world For more than twenty years, this pioneering work had served as a bible for herbalists throughout the world. It is an illustrated encyclopedic guide to more than two hundred medicinal plants found in North America, with descriptions of each plant’s appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use and dosage. Native American traditions are compared with traditional uses of the same plants among other cultures where the science of herbs has flourished, particularly in Russia and China. Included is an annotated bibliography of pertinent books and periodicals.

Chippewa Customs

Author: Frances Densmore
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873511425
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752430885
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians by Huron H. Smith

Living Wild

Author: Alicia Funk
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983309208
Category : Cooking (Wild foods)
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description

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.