Densmore, unlike most male anthros, was a musicologist, who was also very interested in foods, medicines and crafts. Of course most ethnographers didn't have the collaboration of a Native woman like Mary Warren English of White Earth. 396 pages, many cross-rerencing tables, the best that could be done with that before computers. Classic study of Native achievements in food, medicine, agriculture, architecture which were taken over by Western Civilization. Also includes philosophical influences such as democratic government, league of nations, ecology.
Book is organized by condition or problem, listing herbal remedies of various tribes for each.
An intertribal overview. Classic compendium by well-known Native scholar. Vogel uses medical practices as a lens to focus on changin relationships between invading whites and natives, as well as discussing practical and pharmacological bases of plant-based healing and remedies. Portable field companion with plant ID's. 125 North American herbs covered, kichen as well as medical.