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• V. 1. The history and practice of indigenous plant knowledge
• v. 2. The place and meaning of plants in indigenous cultures and worldviews.

• v. 1. The history and practice of indigenous plant knowledge. Introduction to the book : ethnobotanical and ethnoecological knowledge across time and space ; Into the past : ancient relationships among people, plants, and environments ; Reflections on plant names in understanding the history of people-plant relationships ; Change, loss, and adaptation of plant traditions ; Plants as food : development, diversity, dissemination ; Plant use in technology over time and space ; Herbal medicine and healing traditions
• v. 2. The place and meaning of plants in indigenous cultures and worldviews. Moving for the harvest : seasonal rounds and plant knowledge ; Cultural institutions related to ethnobotanical knowledge and practice ; Trade and exchange : sharing plant products and ethnobotanical knowledge across geographical and cultural space ; Management and sustainability of plant resources and habitats ; Narratives in transmission of ethnobotanical knowledge ; Worldview and belief systems in ethnobotanical knowledge systems ; Ancient pathways and new pathways for retaining and renewing botanical and environmental knowledge systems for the future

Volume 1: The History and Practice of Indigenous Plant Knowledge Volume 2: The Place and Meaning of Plants in Indigenous Cultures and Worldviews Nancy Turner has studied Indigenous peoples' knowledge of plants and environments in northwestern North America for over forty years. In Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge, she integrates her research into a two-volume ethnobotanical tour-de-force. Drawing on information shared by Indigenous botanical experts and collaborators, the ethnographic and historical record, and from linguistics, palaeobotany, archaeology, phytogeography, and other fields, Turner weaves together a complex understanding of the traditions of use and management of plant resources in this vast region. She follows Indigenous inhabitants over time and through space, showing how they actively participated in their environments, managed and cultivated valued plant resources, and maintained key habitats that supported their dynamic cultures for thousands of years, as well as how knowledge was passed on from generation to generation and from one community to another. To understand the values and perspectives that have guided Indigenous ethnobotanical knowledge and practices, Turner looks beyond the details of individual plant species and their uses to determine the overall patterns and processes of their development, application, and adaptation. Volume 1 presents a historical overview of ethnobotanical knowledge in the region before and after European contact. The ways in which Indigenous peoples used and interacted with plants - for nutrition, technologies, and medicine - are examined. Drawing connections between similarities across languages, Turner compares the names of over 250 plant species in more than fifty Indigenous languages and dialects to demonstrate the prominence of certain plants in various cultures and the sharing of goods and ideas between peoples. She also examines the effects that introduced species and colonialism had on the region's Indigenous peoples and their ecologies. Volume 2 provides a sweeping account of how Indigenous organizational systems developed to facilitate the harvesting, use, and cultivation of plants, to establish economic connections across linguistic and cultural borders, and to preserve and manage resources and habitats. Turner describes the worldviews and philosophies that emerged from the interactions between peoples and plants, and how these understandings are expressed through cultures' stories and narratives. Finally, she explores the ways in which botanical and ecological knowledge can be and are being maintained as living, adaptive systems that promote healthy cultures, environments, and indigenous plant populations. Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge both challenges and contributes to existing knowledge of Indigenous peoples' land stewardship while preserving information that might otherwise have been lost. Providing new and captivating insights into the anthropogenic systems of northwestern North America, it will stand as an authoritative reference work and contribute to a fuller understanding of the interactions between cultures and ecological systems.
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• The East. Map & introduction ; Acadia ; Biscayne ; Congaree ; Cuyahoga Valley ; Dry Tortugas ; Everglades ; Great Smoky Mountains ; Hot Springs ; Isle Royale ; Mammoth Cave ; Shenandoah ; Virgin Islands ; Voyageurs
• The Southwest. Map & introduction ; Big Bend ; Carlsbad Caverns ; Guadalupe Mountains
• The Colorado Plateau : Map & introduction ; Arches ; Bryce Canyon ; Canyonlands ; Capitol Reef ; Grand Canyon ; Great Basin ; Mesa Verde ; Petrified Forest ; Saguaro ; Zion
• The Pacific Southwest. Map & introduction ; American Samoa ; Channel Islands ; Death Valley ; Haleakalā ; Hawaiʻi volcanoes ; Joshua Tree ; Sequoia & Kings Canyon ; Yosemite
• The Rocky Mountains. Map & introduction ; Badlands ; Black Canyon of the Gunnison ; Grand Teton ; Great Sand Dunes ; Rocky Mountain ; Theodore Roosevelt ; Waterton-Glacier ; Wind Cave ; Yellowstone
• The Pacific Northwest. Map & introduction ; Crater Lake ; Lassen Volcanic ; Mount Rainier ; North Cascades ; Olympic ; Redwood
• Alaska. Map & introduction ; Denali ; Gates of the Arctic ; Glacier Bay ; Katmai ; Kenai Fjords ; Kobuk Valley ; Lake Clark ; Wrangell-St. Elias.

Offers descriptions, road maps, itineraries, travel tips, costs, and contact information for national parks ranging from Maine's Acadia to Hawaii's Haleakalā.

• Preface Acknowledgments
• RETHINKING CALIFORNIA INDIANS Why California Indians Matter The Central Role of Fire Waves of Migrations A Landscape of Unparalleled Diversity The Uniqueness of California The First Fire Managers They Are Not Farmers Where We Go from Here VISUAL GUIDE TO NATURAL RESOURCES A GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA INDIAN USES OF NATURAL RESOURCES Introduction Northwest Coast Province Central Coast Province South Coast Province Northwest Coast Province Great Central Valley/Sierra Nevada Province Southern Deserts Province Notes Bibliography Art Credits Index.
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Capturing the vitality of California's unique indigenous cultures, this major new introduction incorporates the extensive research of the past thirty years into an illuminating, comprehensive synthesis for a wide audience. Based in part on new archaeological findings, it tells how the California Indians lived in vibrant polities, each boasting a rich village life including chiefs, religious specialists, master craftspeople, dances, feasts, and ceremonies. Throughout, the book emphasizes how these diverse communities interacted with the state's varied landscape, enhancing its already bountiful natural resources through various practices centered around prescribed burning. A handy reference section, illustrated with more than one hundred color photographs, describes the plants, animals, and minerals the California Indians used for food, basketry and cordage, medicine, and more.At a time when we are grappling with the problems of maintaining habitat diversity and sustainable economies, we find that these native peoples and their traditions have much to teach us about the future, as well as the past, of California.
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• PART I. CALIFORNIA AT CONTACT /
• 1. Wildlife, Plants, and People /
• 2. Gathering, Hunting, and Fishing /
• 3. The Collision of Worlds PART II. INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT AND ITS ECOLOGICAL BASIS /
• 4. Methods of Caring for the Land /
• 5. Landscapes of Stewardship /
• 6. Basketry: Cultivating Herbs, Sedges, Grasses, and Tules /
• 7. From Arrows to Weirs: Cultivating Shrubs and Trees /
• 8. California's Comucopia: A Calculated Abundance /
• 9. Plant Foods Aboveground: Seeds, Grains, Leaves, and Fleshy Fruits /
• 10. Plant Foods Belowground: Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes, Tubers, and Taproots PART III. REKINDLING THE OLD WAYS /
• 11. Contemporary California Indian Harvesting and Management Practices /
• 12. Restoring Landscapes with Native Knowledge / Coda: Indigenous Wisdom in the Modern World.
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John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today - that much of California was pristine, untouched wilderness before the arrival of Europeans. But as this groundbreaking book demonstrates, what Muir was really seeing, when he admired the grand vistas of Yosemite and the gold and purple flowers carpeting the Central Valley, were the fertile gardens of the Sierra Miwok and Valley Yokuts Indians, modified and made productive by centuries of harvesting, tilling, sowing, pruning, and burning. Marvellously detailed and beautifully written, "Tending the Wild" is an unparalled examination of Native American knowledge and uses of California's natural resources that reshapes our understanding of native cultures, and shows how we might begin to use their knowledge in our own conservation efforts.
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