From Helen Hunt Jackson to Angie Debo

Sherwin Bitsui

missionaries

the federal government

This beautiful board book

How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts raven From Helen Hunt Jackson toThe uses of plants for food, for medicine, for arts, crafts, and dyeing among the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota and Wisconsin show the great extent to which they understood and utilized natural resources. In this book those traditions are captured, providing a wealth of new material for those interested in natural food, natural cures, and native crafts. In separate sections describing the major areas of use, Miss Densmore, an ethnologist with the