Ethnobotany of Western Washington

The Knowledge and Use of Indigenous Plants by Native Americans

Erna Gunther

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• Published: Rev. ed., 1973 (orig. pub. 1945)
• Subject Listing: Anthropology
  Native American Studies
  Natural History
• Bibliographic information: 74 pp., illus.
• Territorial rights: world
• Contents

Since its original publication in 1945, this small classic has acquired a new audience concerned with living in harmony with the environment and interested in the particularly intimate relationship of Native Americans to the land. This survey of the use of plants by Native Americans in western Washington describes the ways in which more than 150 species served as food and medicine, and were used for the manufacture of clothes and other objects.

Preface
Preface to the Revised Edition
Introduction
The Plants and Their Uses
Appendix I: Additions to the Quileute Entries
Appendix II: Plants Discussed in the Text
Illustrations
Bibliography
Index