Plains Apache ethnobotany
By: Julia A. Jordan ; foreword by Paul E. Minnis and Wayne Elisens.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780806139685
Subjects: Apache Indians -- Medicine; Traditional medicine -- Great Plains; Medicinal plants -- Great Plains; Plants -- Religious aspects; Ethnobotany -- Great Plains; Human-plant relationships -- Great Plains; Apache Indians -- Social life and customs; Great Plains -- Social life and customs
Description: "Residents of the Great Plains since the early 1500s, the Apache people were well acquainted with the native flora of the region. In Plains Apache Ethnobotany, Julia A. Jordan documents more than 110 plant species valued by the Plains Apache and preserves a wealth of detail concerning traditional Apache collection, preparation, and use of these plant species for food, medicine, ritual, and material culture." "Plains Apache Ethnobotany is the most comprehensive ethnobotanical study of a southern plains tribe. This book is a valuable resource for ethnobotanists, anthropologists, historians, and anyone interested in American Indian use of native plants."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Plains Apache history and culture; title: The Plains Apache plant world; title: Edible plants; title: Ritual and medicinal plants; title: Material culture and firewood; title: Personal care and adornment.