Plants have so much to give us, all we have to do is ask : Anishinaabe botanical teachings / Mary Siisip Geniusz ; edited by Wendy Makoons Geniusz ; illustrations by Annmarie Geniusz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geniusz, Mary Siisip, 1948-2016, author.

Contributor:

Geniusz, Wendy Djinn, editor.

Geniusz, Annmarie Fay, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa Indians--Ethnobotany.

Ojibwa Indians.

Ojibwa Indians--Ethnobotany--History--Sources.

Ojibwa Indians--Folklore.

Ethnobotany--North America.

Ethnobotany.

Plants, Useful--North America.

Plants, Useful.

Medicinal plants--North America.

Medicinal plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota ; London, [England] : University of Minnesota Press, 2015.

Summary:

Mary Siisip Geniusz has spent more than thirty years working with, living with, and using the Anishinaabe teachings, recipes, and botanical information she shares in Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask . Geniusz gained much of the knowledge she writes about from her years as an oshkaabewis, a traditionally trained apprentice, and as friend to the late Keewaydinoquay, an Anishinaabe medicine woman from the Leelanau Peninsula in Michigan and a scholar, teacher, and practitioner in the field of native ethnobotany. Keewaydinoquay published little in her lifetime, yet Geniusz has carried on her legacy by making this body of knowledge accessible to a broader audience. Geniusz teaches the ways she was taught--through stories. Sharing the traditional stories she learned at Keewaydinoquay's side as well as stories from other American Indian traditions and her own experiences, Geniusz brings the plants to life with narratives that explain their uses, meaning, and history. Stories such as "Naanabozho and the Squeaky-Voice Plant" place the plants in cultural context and illustrate the belief in plants as cognizant beings. Covering a wide range of plants, from conifers to cattails to medicinal uses of yarrow, mullein, and dandelion, she explains how we can work with those beings to create food, simple medicines, and practical botanical tools. Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask makes this botanical information useful to native and nonnative healers and educators and places it in the context of the Anishinaabe culture that developed the knowledge and practice.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Invocation; A Note on Botanical Usage; 1. Traditional Anisinaabe Teaching about Plants; ""The Year the Roses Died""; 2. Indinawemaaganag | All of My Relatives; ""How Cedar and Bearberry Came into the World""; ""Nookomis-giizhik: The Cedar Song""; My Grandmother Cedar: Nookomis-giizhik | White Cedar; ""The Lady of the Red and Black Wigwam""; ""The Birch Tree, the Maple Tree, and Naanabozho""; My Grandfather Birch: Nimishoomis-wiigwaas, Wiigwaasi-mitig | Birch; ""Naanabozho and the Thunderbirds""; ""The Runner and the Birch Sap""

My Elder Sister: Nimisenh | Balsam Fir3. Conifers; ""Why Some Trees Keep Their Leaves When Others Do Not""; ""Naanabozho and Paul Bunyan""; Pines; Zhingwaak | White Pine; Apakwanagemag | Red Pine; Okikaandag | Jack Pine; Scotch Pine; Zesegaandag | Spruce, Mina'ig | White Spruce; ""The Ancient Warrior""; Mashkiigwaatig | Tamarack; Gaagaagiwanzh | Eastern Hemlock; Juniper; 4. Three Food Plants; ""Naanabozho and the Dancing Men""; Apakweshkway | Cattail; Mashkiigobag | Labrador Tea; Giizisoojiibik | Jerusalem Artichoke; 5. Four Traditional Plants in the Anishinaabeg Culture

""The Shut-eye Dance and the Creation of Red Osier, Bittersweet, and Lichens""The Cornus Family; Gookooko'oo-miinan | Staghorn Sumac; Aasaakamig | Sphagnum Moss; ""Naanabozho and the Squeaky-Voice Plant""; Naanabozho's Squeaky-Voice Plant; 6. Medicinal Plants; Waabanooganzh | Yarrow; Nookaadiziiganzh | Mullein; ""The South Wind and the Maiden of the Golden Hair""; Doodooshaaboojiibik | Dandelion; Ginebigowashk | Native Plantain; Oginii-waabigwaniin, Roses; Eupatoriums; Omakakiibag | Jewelweed, Animikiibag | Poison Ivy; The Monarda Family; Ozaawijiibik | Goldthread; Waawiyebagoon, Violets

""Naanabozho and Name""Oombendaan | Mints; Ingijibinaa | Heal-all; Niibiishikaabijigan | Motherwort; Gichi-namewashk | Catnip; Jill-over-the-ground; Aanikawishkoons | Scouring Rush; Makwa-miskomin | Bearberry; Epilogue: ""Four Warriors Find Naanabozho""; Recipes; Ojibwe Word Glossary; Ojibwe Plant Name Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781452944708

1452944709

OCLC:

928387297