Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness

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Author Leigh Joseph, an ethnobotanist and a member of the Squamish Nation, provides a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to Indigenous plant knowledge. Plants can be a great source of healing as well as nourishment, and the practice of growing and harvesting from trees, flowering herbs, and other plants is a powerful way to become more connected to the land. The Indigenous Peoples of North America have long traditions of using native plants as medicine as well as for food. Held by the Land honors and shares some of these traditions, offering a guide to: Harvesting herbs and other plants and using them topically North American plants that can treat common ailments, add nutrition to your diet, become part of your beauty regime, and more Stories and traditions about native plants from the author's Squamish culture Using plant knowledge to strengthen your connection to the land you live on Early chapters will introduce you to responsible ways to identify and harvest plants in your area and teach you how to grow a deeper connection with the land you live on through plants. In the plant profiles section, common plants are introduced with illustrations and information on their characteristics, range, how to grow and/or harvest them, and how to use them topically and as food. Special features offer recipes for food and beauty products along with stories and traditions around the plants. This beautiful, full-color guide to Indigenous plants will give you new insights into the power of everyday plants. Cover CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Reflections on Indigenous Plant Knowledge & Building Relationships CHAPTER 1: Building Botanical Relationships CHAPTER 2: Teachings from Plants CHAPTER 3: Identifying Plants to Build Your Home Apothecary CHAPTER 4: The Mindful Harvest CHAPTER 5: Botanical or Land-Based Mindfulness Practices Plant Profiles & Recipes TREES Amabilis Fir Bigleaf Maple Black Poplar or Cottonwood Grand Fir Pacific Crab Apple Spruce Western Hemlock Western Red Cedar SHRUBS Beaked Hazelnut Blackcap Blueberry Bog Cranberry Devil’s Club Highbush Cranberry Labrador Tea Ocean Spray Red Elderberry and Blue Elderberry Red Huckleberry Red-Flowering Currant Salal Salmonberry Saskatoon Berry Soapberry Tall Oregon Grape Thimbleberry Trailing Blackberry Wild Rose FLOWERING HERBS Bare-Stem Desert Parsley or Biscuitroot Broad-Leaved Plantain Camas Cattail Cow Parsnip Fireweed Nodding Onion Northern Rice Root Stinging Nettle Wapato Wild Ginger Wild Strawberry Yarrow FERNS, HORSETAILS, LICHENS & SEAWEEDS Beard Lichen Common Horsetail Licorice Fern Red Laver CONCLUSION Botanical Glossary Appendix References Acknowledgments About the Author About the Recipe Contributors Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y