Uses of plants by the Indians of the Missouri River region / Melvin R. Gilmore ; foreword by Hugh Cutler ; illustrations by Bellamy Parks Jansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilmore, Melvin R. (Melvin Randolph), 1868-1940, author.

Contributor:

Cutler, Hugh, writer of foreword.

Jansen, Bellamy Parks, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Botany--Missouri River Valley.

Botany.

Indians of North America--Missouri River Valley--Ethnobotany.

Indians of North America.

Ethnobotany--Missouri River Valley.

Ethnobotany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

Enlarged edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, 1977.

Summary:

A classic of ethnobotany, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region has been enlarged for this Bison Book edition with thirty drawings, by Bellamy Parks Jansen, of plants discussed by Gilmore. The taxonomic glossary has been updated as well. Readers will find here, conveniently described, the uses that Plains Indians made of the wild plants they collected and of those plants they cultivated for food, clothing, medicine, and ornamentation. This fascinating book, originally published in 1919, reveals cultures that evolved in close harmony with their environment.</DIV

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Errata; Preface; Introduction; Neglected Opportunities; Ethnic Botany; Influence of Flora on Human Activities and Culture; Influence of Human Population on Flora; Taxonomic List of Plants Used by Indians of the Missouri River Region; Ancient and Modern Phytoculture by the Tribes; Conclusion; Drawings; Glossary of Plant Names; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780803274013

0803274017