Chuck's Notes

• Iwigara: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science by Enrique Salmon
  • This one is still a bit more on the guidebook side, but each page has some philosophy, traditional uses, etc, in addition to the identification info.
  • If you want a more narrative approach, Salmon also wrote “Eating the Landscape: American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience“
• Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson
  • a look at native land practices in California
• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • This one came up a lot, and the sample I found online reads more like personal reflection essays influenced by indigenous teachings rather than documentation.
• Native American Gardening: Buffalobird-Woman’s Guide to Traditional Methods by Gilbert L. Wilson
  • An anthropologist interviewed a Native American woman in North Dakota and presented what she taught.
• Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places by Peter Nabokov
  • Less about foraging and more about how native Americans view the land. I added it to zoom out a bit.
• Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future by Melissa K. Nelson
  • Essays from indigenous thinkers on land stewardship.