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Author : Leonora Scott Muse Curtin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians of Round Valley, Northern California written by Leonora Scott Muse Curtin and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leonora Scott Muse Curtin
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Total Pages : 9 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (588 download)
Download or read book Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians of Round Valley, Northern California written by Leonora Scott Muse Curtin and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victor King Chesnut
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230413402
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (134 download)
Download or read book Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California written by Victor King Chesnut and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... PLANTS USED BY THE INDIANS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. INTRODUCTION. While in California during the summers of 1897 and 1898, and incidentally in the summer and winter of 1892, the writer had opportunity to make some inquiry into the native uses of plants in the Round Valley Indian Reservation, and in July, 1897, similar inquiries were made at Ukiah. Both of these places are in Mendocino County, which stretches as a band 60 miles broad for 84 miles along the coast, about midway between San Francisco and the northern border of the State. The floras of these two regions, although they are only 42 miles apart, differ considerably, and both vary a little from that of the redwood belt of the immediate coast line, about 40 miles distant. This third belt was not visited by the writer; but inasmuch as there are few, if any, Indian tribes in the county which are not represented in the reservations or at Ukiah, and since, moreover, many of these visit the coast occasionally, this report may betaken to be fairly representative for the county. At as late a date as 1849, Round Valley, which is near the northern end of the county and about 200 miles north of San Francisco, was unknown to white men, being then inhabited by a peculiar tribe of very uncommunicative and warlike people, the Yuki, and it was not until 1856 that white people began to settle there. The Yokia and Pomo Indians, who lived in the immediate vicinityof the now flourishing town of Ukiah, were well known at a much earlier date; but it has been since 1880 only that the California Northwestern Railway was extended to the town, which is still the terminus of the road. Connection with Round Valley, which by the compass is 42 miles north of Ukiah, is made by stage over a very...
Author : Victor King Chesnut
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Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California written by Victor King Chesnut and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel F. Austin
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816549087
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Baboquivari Mountain Plants written by Daniel F. Austin and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baboquivari Mountains, long considered to be a sacred space by the Tohono O’odham people who are native to the area, are the westernmost of the so-called Sky Islands. The mountains form the border between the floristic regions of Chihuahua and Sonora. This encyclopedic work describes the flora of this unique area in detail. It includes descriptions, identifications, ecology, and extensive etymologies of plant names in European and indigenous languages. Daniel Austin also describes pollination biology and seed dispersal and explains how plants in the area have been used by humans, beginning with Native Americans. The term “sky island” was first used by Weldon Heald in 1967 to describe mountain ranges that are separated from each other by valleys of grassland or desert. The valleys create barriers to the spread of plant species in a way that is similar to the separation of islands in an ocean. The 70,000-square-mile Sky Islands region of southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico is of particular interest to botanists because of its striking diversity of plant species and habitats. With more than 3,000 species of plants, the region offers a surprising range of tropical and temperate zones. Although others have written about the region, this is the first book to focus exclusively on the plant life of the Baboquivari Mountains. The book offers an introduction to the history of the region, along with a discussion of human influences, and includes a useful appendix that lists all of the plants known to be growing in the Baboquivari Mountain chain.
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Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Agriculture of the American Indian written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Virgil J. Vogel
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806189770
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book American Indian Medicine written by Virgil J. Vogel and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book, says the author, is to show the effect of Indian medicinal practices on white civilization. Actually it achieves far more. It discusses Indian theories of disease and methods of combating disease and even goes into the question of which diseases were indigenous and which were brought to the Indian by the white man. It also lists Indian drugs that have won acceptance in the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary. The influence of American Indian healing arts on the medicine and healing and pharmacology of the white man was considerable. For example, such drugs as insulin and penicillin were anticipated in rudimentary form by the aborigines. Coca leaves were used as narcotics by Peruvian Indians hundreds of years before Carl Koller first used cocaine as a local anesthetic in 1884. All together, about 170 medicines, mostly botanical, were contributed to the official compendia by Indians north of the Rio Grande, about 50 more coming from natives of the Latin-American and Caribbean regions. Impressions and attitudes of early explorers, settlers, physicians, botanists, and others regarding Indian curative practices are reported by geographical regions, with British, French, and Spanish colonies and the young United States separately treated. Indian theories of disease—sorcery, taboo violation, spirit intrusion, soul loss, unfulfilled dreams and desires, and so on -and shamanistic practices used to combat them are described. Methods of treating all kinds of injuries-from fractures to snakebite-and even surgery are included. The influence of Indian healing lore upon folk or domestic medicine, as well as on the "Indian doctors" and patent medicines, are discussed. For the convenience of the reader, an index of botanical names is provided, together with a wide variety of illustrations. The disproportionate attention that has been given to the superstitious and unscientific features of aboriginal medicine has tended to obscure its real contributions to American civilization.
Author : Sandra S. Strike
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Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ethnobotany of the California Indians: Aboriginal uses of California's indigenous plants written by Sandra S. Strike and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William S. Lyon
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393317350
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Native American Healing written by William S. Lyon and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for ease of use with maps, a detailed subject index, an extensive bibliography, and cross references, this book is sure to fascinate anyone interested in Native American culture and heritage.
Author : Beatrice M. Beck
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Total Pages : 416 pages
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Download or read book Ethnobotany of the California Indians written by Beatrice M. Beck and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Miscellaneous Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lothian Lynas
Publisher : Bronx : Library of the New York Botanical Garden
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Medicinal and Food Plants of the North American Indians written by Lothian Lynas and published by Bronx : Library of the New York Botanical Garden. This book was released on 1972 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A part of the Duke Medical Center Library History of Medicine Ephemera Collection.
Author : David E. Jones
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292779712
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Poison Arrows written by David E. Jones and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive survey of organic compounds used as poisons—on arrows and spears, in food, and even as insecticides—by numerous Native American tribes. Biological warfare is a menacing twenty-first-century issue, but its origins extend to antiquity. While the recorded use of toxins in warfare in some ancient populations is rarely disputed (the use of arsenical smoke in China, which dates to at least 1000 BC, for example) the use of “poison arrows” and other deadly substances by Native American groups has been fraught with contradiction. At last revealing clear documentation to support these theories, anthropologist David Jones transforms the realm of ethnobotany in Poison Arrows. Examining evidence within the few extant descriptive accounts of Native American warfare, along with grooved arrowheads and clues from botanical knowledge, Jones builds a solid case to indicate widespread and very effective use of many types of toxins. He argues that various groups applied them to not only warfare but also to hunting, and even as an early form of insect extermination. Culling extensive ethnological, historical, and archaeological data, Jones provides a thoroughly comprehensive survey of the use of ethnobotanical and entomological compounds applied in wide-ranging ways, including homicide and suicide. Although many narratives from the contact period in North America deny such uses, Jones now offers conclusive documentation to prove otherwise. A groundbreaking study of a subject that has been long overlooked, Poison Arrows imparts an extraordinary new perspective to the history of warfare, weaponry, and deadly human ingenuity. “A unique contribution to the field of American Indian ethnology. . . . This information has never been compiled before, and I doubt that many ethnologists in the field have ever suspected the extent to which poison was used among North American Indians. This book significantly extends our understanding.” —Wayne Van Horne, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Kennesaw State University
Author : Beatrice M. Beck
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ethnobotany of the California Indians: A bibliography and index written by Beatrice M. Beck and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Guenter Lewy
Publisher : University of Utah Press
ISBN 13 : 1607811871
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Essays on Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention written by Guenter Lewy and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strong collection of essays about mass murder and humanitarian intervention that is sure to incite discussion
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Total Pages : 640 pages
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Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Author : Daniel E. Moerman
Publisher : Scholarly Title
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Medical Ethnobotany written by Daniel E. Moerman and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1977 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to Native American medicinal uses of plants and to literature on the topic. Tables provide information on various uses of specific plants by many cultures, on the range of plants and their use, on the taxonomic affinities of the plants.
