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How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts
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Author/Editor: Frances Densmore
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A renowned ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution offers a fascinating wealth of material on nearly 200 plants that were used by the Chippewas of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The volume provides an emphasis on wild plants and their lesser-known uses. "A fascinating, well-illustrated study." —...  read more
 


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A renowned ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution offers a fascinating wealth of material on nearly 200 plants that were used by the Chippewas of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The volume provides an emphasis on wild plants and their lesser-known uses. "A fascinating, well-illustrated study." — Grand Rapids Gazette. 33 plates.
Reprint of "Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians," Forty-fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1926–1927.
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Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486230198
ISBN 13: 9780486230191
Author/Editor: Frances Densmore
Format: Book
Page Count: 160
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Publication date: June 1974
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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