Ethnobotany of western Washington the knowledge and use of indigenous plants by Native Americans

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Since its original publication in 1945, this small classic has acquired a new audience concerned with living in harmony with the environment and interested in the particularly intimate relationship of Native Americans to the land. This survey of the use of plants by Native Americans in western Washington describes the ways in which more than 150 species served as food and medicine, and were used for the manufacture of clothes and other objects. Since its original publication in 1945, this small classic has acquired a new audience concerned with living in harmony with the environment and interested in the particularly intimate relationship of Native Americans to the land. This survey of the use of plants by Native Americans in western Washington describes the ways in which more than 150 species served as food and medicine, and were used for the manufacture of clothes and other objects.
Author(s): Erna Gunther, Jeanne R. Janish (Illustrator)
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Edition: Rev. ed
Published: 1973
Physical Description: 71 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
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Originally published in 1945 as v. 10, no. 1, of University of Washington publications in anthropology
Contents:

PrefacePreface to the Revised EditionIntroductionThe Plants and Their UsesAppendix I: Additions to the Quileute EntriesAppendix II: Plants Discussed in the TextIllustrationsBibliographyIndex
Subjects:

Botanique, Botany, Ethnobotanique Washington (Ouest), Ethnobotany, Ethnobotany Washington (State), Western, Indians of North America, Indians of North America Ethnobotany, Indians of North America Ethnobotany Washington (State), Western, Indians, North American, Peuples autochtones Amérique du Nord, Plantes utiles Washington (Ouest), Plants, Usefu

 

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