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Title: Food Plants of Interior First Peoples (Royal British Columbia Museum Handbook) by Nancy J. Turner, Royal British Columbia Museum ISBN: 0-7748-0606-0 Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pub. Date: August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: An exellent book on the subject.
Comment: What can i say. I have numerous books on the subject and this one, like all the others books written by Turner, are top ranking. With detaild information on how the plants were used by indiginous people.

Rating: 5
Summary: excellent source for edible plants in the pacific northwest
Comment: This book is really impressive. It has a lot more information than a standard "pocket guide" book. There are numerous food sources in this book that i have never seen in other similiar books. an example: this book explains in detail how native americans harvested the inner bark (cambium) of the western hemlock to make a flour like substance. I have never read this in any other plant books. The book also includes information on how to prepare the food in traditional ways, as well as stories related to particular plants. All in all, this is probably the best book I know of concerning edible wild plants in the pacific northwest.

Rating: 5
Summary: This richly illustrated book details over 150 plant species.
Comment: This richly illustrated book details over 150 plant species used by First Peoples/Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest Interior.

Revised and redesigned for easier use, this handbook includes detailed botanical descriptions and notes on habitat and distribution.

Groups covered are the Stl'atl'imx (Lillooet), Secwepemc (Sushwap), Nlaka'pamux (Thompson), Okanagan, Ktunaxa (Kootenay), Tsimshian and Athapaskan groups in the north, and others in northwestern U.S.A.

Nancy Turner explains how aboriginal peoples harvested, prepared and preserved the roots, leaves, fruits and other parts of wild plants. She also describes some non-native food plants used by interior peoples and several species they considered poisonous or inedible. Color pictures enhance descriptions and make identification easier.

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