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Western Navajo ethnobotanical notes

navajo religion and culture: selected views • (17) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 89-97

By: Brugge, David M..

Abstract

This source presents an ethnobotanical listing of various plants known and used by the Navajo in the Arizona-New Mexico area. The samples used were herbarium specimens from Keams Canyon, Arizona -- part of an exhibit used in a courtroom hearing involving a Hopi-Navajo boundary dispute. The specimens were identified separately by two Navajos -- Scott Preston and Clyde Peshlakai -- and their results compared for reliability. The list, arranged in alphabetical order, contains eighty-nine items -- a small sample of the total flora growing in the region -- but it does contain much useful information on a number of native pharmaceuticals, drugs, foods, animal forage crops, and dye-stuffs.

HRAF PubDate

2004

Region

North America

Sub Region

Southwest and Basin

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Types

Ethnologist

Government Employee

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1986

Field Date

1960

Coverage Date

not specified

Coverage Place

Keams Canyon area, Arizona, United States

Notes

David M. Brugge

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97)

LCCN

81086446

LCSH

Navajo Indians