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Biodiversity and Native America / edited by Paul E. Minnis and Wayne J. Elisens.
Exploring the relationship between Native Americans and the natural world. Biodiversity and Native America questions the widespread view that indigenous peoples and minimal ecological impact in North America. Introducing a variety of perspectives - ethnopharmacological, ethnographic, archaeological, and biological - the expert contributors show that Native Americans were active managers of natural ecological systems. The book covers groups from the sophisticated agriculturalists of the Mississippi River drainage region to the low-density hunter-gatherers of arid western North America.
Record details
- ISBN: 0806132329 (hc)
- ISBN: 9780806132327 (hc)
- Physical Description: x, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2000.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-299) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Native American management and conservation of biodiversity in the Sonoran Desert bioregion: an ethnoecological perspective / Gary Paul Nabhan -- Relationships between Mexican ethnobotanical diversity and indigenous peoples / Robert Bye, Edelmira Linares -- Ethnopharmacology and the search for new therapeutics / Walter H. Lewis -- "We live by them": native knowledge of biodiversity in the great basin of western North America / Catherine S. Fowler -- "Just like a garden": traditional resource management and biodiversity conservation on the interior plateau of British Columbia / Sandra L. Peacock, Nancy J. Turner -- Iwígara: a Rarámuri cognitive model of biodiversity and its effects on land management / Enrique Salmón -- Human disturbance and biodiversity: a case study from northern New Mexico / Richard I. Ford -- Levels of native biodiversity in eastern North America / Gayle J. Fritz -- Ethnohistory of aboriginal landscapes in the southeastern United States / Julia E. Hammett.
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 98 .B54 B56 2000 | 255410 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | E 98 .B54 B56 2000 | 285331 | Stacks | Available | - |
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