Book

Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians

National Museums of Canada • (19) • Published In 1974 • Pages: iii, 138

By: Hellson, John C..

Abstract

This monograph describes the use of nearly 100 botanical species in Blackfoot Indian culture. The authors' classification of plants has the merit of taxonomical exactness and yet is presented from a Blackfoot point of view which stresses the application rather than systemization of botanical knowledge. It is thus an indispensable guide, best consulted along with other, more ethnographically detailed sources, to plants as used in Blackfoot religion and ceremony, birth control, medicine, horse medicine, diet, crafts, and folklore. The researcher is alerted to numerous typographical and spelling errors in this source, including terms of Linnean binomial nomenclature.

HRAF PubDate

1999

Region

North America

Sub Region

Plains and Plateau

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Types

Ethnologist

Natural Scientist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

M. A. Marcus ; J. Beierle ; 1982

Field Date

ca. 1970-1973

Coverage Date

not specified

Coverage Place

Alberta, Canada; Montana, United States

Notes

John C. Hellson

Abstract in French

Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-129)

LCCN

75331774

LCSH

Siksika Indians