Keeping It Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the Northwest Coast of North America

Among the subjects discussed in the anthology are the limitations of conceptual categories; alternative models for understanding the cultural resources utilized among Northwest Coast indigenous groups; and particular strategies used indigenously to change plants and fjieir soil structure. The audior...

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Published in:Western Folklore 2008, Vol.67 (4), p.456-458
Main Author: Montaño, Mario
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Cultural groups
Nonfiction
Oral tradition
Research methodology
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Summary:Among the subjects discussed in the anthology are the limitations of conceptual categories; alternative models for understanding the cultural resources utilized among Northwest Coast indigenous groups; and particular strategies used indigenously to change plants and fjieir soil structure. The audiors rely on multiple sources ethnobotanical literature, ethnographic accounts, and interviews with community consultants-to provide evidence of a wide array of precontact plant management techniques: foraging, cultivation, harvest, and extraction (digging, tilling, weeding, clearing, and fertilizing).
ISSN:0043-373X