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It is a tour de force, comprehensive, current and full of details. The bibliography collects many esoteric sources, thus saving' them from disappearance. The nutrition tables are invaluable....It's exciting to get one's hands on such a compendium!.
–Claire M. Cassidy of University of Maryland
The two authors are to be congratulated for their presentation of such a masterly contribution. This volume will certainly long remain an example of the very finest in ethnobotanical literature. Its utility will long be evident as a manual for quick consultation by specialists, as a valuable text or classroom reference work and as an instrument furthering the development of the field of ethnobotany.
–Richard Evans Schultes of Harvard University
This is a true bonanza of rare and difficult-to-get information that should be invaluable for anyone concerned with native foods in Canada or the US, and for those seeking rich classroom materials.
–Anthropology Newsletter
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This volume details the nutritional properties, botanical characteristics and ethnic uses of traditional food plants of indigenous Canadian Peoples. It contains an index of over one thousand plants from all provinces of Canada, as well as the bordering states, for which the Indian and Inuit peoples of each regfion have been consulted as the definitive source concerning plant usage within the scope of their environment and culture. Health care professionals and organizations working with Indigenous Canadian Peoples, biologists, ehtnologists and academics will appreciate the comprehensive information compiled on nutritional, medical and botanical characteristics.
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The primary purpose of this book is to describe and to reference the published literature on the nutritional properties, the botanical characteristics and the ethnic uses of traditional food plants of Canadian Indigenous Peoples. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ooligan grease, sium sium, cottonwood mushroom, bitterroot roots, cium phorus, black tree lichen, traditional plant foods, aster greens, fern rootstocks, springbank clover, milkweed greens, silverweed roots, gooseberry berry, crabapple fruit, pigweed greens, great camas, southern prairie provinces, huckleberry fruit, herbaceous perennial growing, maple sprouts, common camas, eaten traditionally, saskatoon berries, fish grease, underground caches Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, United States, Crude Fiber, Zinc Iron, Interior Salish, North America, Vancouver Island, Northwest Territories, Bella Coola, Tanaina of Alaska, Port Simpson Curriculum Committee, Northwest Coast, Great Lakes, New York, New Mexico, Upriver Halkomelem, New Brunswick, Coast Salish, Coast Tsimshian, Nova Scotia, Blackfoot of Alberta, Fiber Ash, Rosaceae Rosaceae, Wildlife Management, Lower Nlaka'pamux New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The primary purpose of this book is to describe and to reference the published literature on the nutritional properties, the botanical characteristics and the ethnic uses of traditional food plants of Canadian Indigenous Peoples. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ooligan grease, sium sium, cottonwood mushroom, bitterroot roots, cium phorus, black tree lichen, traditional plant foods, aster greens, fern rootstocks, springbank clover, milkweed greens, silverweed roots, gooseberry berry, crabapple fruit, pigweed greens, great camas, southern prairie provinces, huckleberry fruit, herbaceous perennial growing, maple sprouts, common camas, eaten traditionally, saskatoon berries, fish grease, underground caches Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, United States, Crude Fiber, Zinc Iron, Interior Salish, North America, Vancouver Island, Northwest Territories, Bella Coola, Tanaina of Alaska, Port Simpson Curriculum Committee, Northwest Coast, Great Lakes, New York, New Mexico, Upriver Halkomelem, New Brunswick, Coast Salish, Coast Tsimshian, Nova Scotia, Blackfoot of Alberta, Fiber Ash, Rosaceae Rosaceae, Wildlife Management, Lower Nlaka'pamux New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Flora of Canada by B. Scoggan on page 505
- Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World by U. P. Hedrick on page 494
- North American Indians (Troubador Color and Story Albu) by Frank Fox on page 494
- Iroquois Foods and Food Preparation by F. W. Waugh on page 510
- Journey to the Polar Sea by John Franklin on page 492
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- Biodiversity and Native America by Paul E. Minnis on page 175
- Native Plants in the Coastal Garden by April Pettinger on page 114
- Wild Plants Of The Sierra Nevada by Ray S. Vizgirdas in Back Matter
- Herbs Botanicals and Teas by Giuseppe Mazza on page 206
- Human Diet: Its Origin and Evolution by Peter S. Ungar in Back Matter
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