The Herb Society of America Library

Native American Gardening

* The American Indian Garden from the National Herb Garden. (slide program) 

* Buchanan, Carol. Brother Crow, Sister Corn: Traditional American Indian Gardening. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1997. 

Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Native American Gardening: Stories, Projects and Recipes for Families. Golden, CO: Fulcrum, 1996. 

* Dennee, JoAnne. In the Three Sisters Garden. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1996. 

Densmore, Frances. How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine and Crafts. New York: Dover, 1974. 

* Dunmire, William W. and Gail D. Tierney. Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province: Exploring Ancient and Enduring Uses. Sante Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1995. 

* Erichsen-Brown, Charlotte. Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants: A Historical Survey with Special Reference to the Eastern Indian Tribes. Mineola, NY: Dover, 1979. 

* Hutchens, Alma R. A Handbook of Native American Herbs. Boston: Shambhala, 1992. 

* Kavasch, E. Barrie and Karen Baar. American Indian Healing Arts. New York: Bantam, 1999. 

* Kavasch, E. Barrie. Herbal Traditions: Medicinal Plants in American Indian Life. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1979.

* Kavasch, E. Barrie. Medicine Wheel Garden: Creating Sacred Space for Healing, Celebration, and Tranquility. New York: Bantam, 2002. 

* Kavasch, E. Barrie. Native Harvests: Recipes and Botanicals of the American Indian. New York: Random House, 1979.

* Kindscher, Kelly. Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1992. 

*McCampbell, Harvest. Sacred Smoke: An Ancient Art for Modern Times. Summertown, Tenn.: Native Voices, 2002. 

* Moerman, Daniel E. Geraniums for the Iroquois: A Field Guide to American Indian Medicinal Plants. Algonac, MI: Reference Publications, 1981. 

Moerman, Daniel E. Native American Ethnobotany . Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1998. 

Murphey, Edith Van Allen. Indian Uses of Native Plants. Glenwood, IL: Edith Van Allen Murphey and Meyerbooks, 1959. 

Scully, Virginia. A Treasury of American Indian Herbs: Their Lore and Their Use for Food, Drugs, and Medicine. New York: Crown, 1970. 

* Items that circulate to members. 


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