Uses of plants by the Indians of the Missouri River region

Descripción

Plains dwellers will find here, conveniently described, the uses which Plains Indians made of the wild plants they collected and those they cultivated for food, clothing, medicine, and ornamentation; many of these uses are applicable today. Students of the American Indian will discover the place plants held in the symbolic system of the Plains Indians and an image of a culture that had evolved in harmony with its environment.