Iwígara : American Indian ethnobotanical traditions and science

Summary: "Iwigara explores 150 plants of key importance to American Indians. Enrique Salmón reveals how the plants were traditionally used, why they were used that way, what their health and medicinal applications and benefits are, and basic scientific data about each plant. An added layer of meaningful context comes via traditional stories and myths the author shares about these plants and images of the plants appearing in different forms of Native American art, craft, and homes." -- goodreads.com

Record details

ISBN: 9781604698800 (hardcover)
ISBN: 1604698802
Physical Description: print
245 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- All Native Knowledge Is Local -- The Plants -- Ash -- Beans -- Bearberry -- Birch -- Blackberry -- Black Cohosh -- Blackroot -- Black Spruce -- Black Walnut -- Blueberry -- Blue Cohosh -- Butternut -- California Laurel -- California Poppy -- Cattail -- Cedar -- Chili Pepper -- Chokecherry -- Corn -- Cota -- Cotton -- Cranberry -- Current -- Deer Tongue -- Dogfennel -- Echinacea -- Elderberry -- Fiddlehead Fern -- Goldenrod -- Groundnut -- Hackberry -- Horsenettle -- Horsetail -- Indian Hemp -- Ironweed -- Joe Pye Weed Juniper -- Lodgepole Pine -- Manzanita -- Maple -- Mesquite -- Milkvetch -- Milkweed -- Mormon Tea -- Mountain Laurel -- Mountain Mahogany -- Nahavita -- Oak -- Oregon Grape -- Osage Orange -- Osha -- Peyote -- Piñon -- Prickly Pear -- Rabbitbrush -- Rabbit Tobacco -- Red Osier Dogwood -- Red Root -- Sagebrush -- Saguaro -- Saw Palmetto -- Slippery Elm -- Spanish Moss -- Squash Blossom -- Squash and Pumpkin -- Staghorn Sumac -- Stinging Nettle -- Strawberry -- Sweetgrass -- Thistle -- Tobacco -- Tule -- Verbena -- Wapato -- White Cedar -- Wild Rice -- Wild Rose -- Willow -- Yerba Mansa