Tobacco use by Native North Americans
Subtitle: sacred smoke and silent killer
By: edited by Joseph C. Winter.
Contributors: Winter, Joseph C.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene.; Indians of North America -- Religion.; Indians of North America -- Tobacco use.; Tobacco -- United States -- History.
Description: Discusses the role of tobacco in Native American cultures, examining the origins and uses of tobacco by Native Americans for sacramental or personal purposes, and describing cultivation methods and medical data on rising death rates.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-434) and index.

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