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9780813020624

Healing Plants

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813020624

  • ISBN10:

    081302062X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-06-01
  • Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida
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Summary

The authors' overview of Seminole history, native medicine, and the life of Snow, a Seminole herbalist, places the Native American healing practices in their cultural context and describes actual treatments. 22 photos. 33 color plates.192 p.

Author Biography

Susan Enns Stans is assistant professor of anthropology at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs
vii
List of Color Plates
ix
Forewords xi
James E. Billie
Jack Smith, Jr.
Salina Dorgan
Acknowledgments xv
A Cherished Tradition 1(12)
Part I. Background
The Seminole People
13(11)
Seminole Traditional Medicine
24(10)
The Traditional Use of Plants
34(10)
Alice's Story: ``When I Was Coming Up...''
44(23)
Part II. Alice's Handbook of Seminole Medicine
Treatments
67(26)
Remedies
93(3)
Plant Identification Chart for Creek Speakers
96(27)
Appendixes
A. List of Herbs in Alice's Repertoire
103(8)
B. The Creek Alphabet
111(2)
C. Alice's Genealogy
113(4)
D. Pant Names for Mikasuki Speakers
117(6)
Notes 123(4)
Subject Index 127(6)
Index of Plants 133

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