After the First Full Moon in April : A Sourcebook of Herbal Medicine From a California Indian Elder

In this extraordinary book Josephine Peters, a respected northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural and plant knowledge. The book begins with Josephine's personal and tribal history and gathering ethics. Josephine then instructs the reader in medicinal and plant food preparations and offers an illustrated catalog of the uses and doses of over 160 plants. At a time of the commercialization of traditional ecological knowledge, Peters presents her rich tradition on her own terms, and according to her spiritual convictions about how her knowledge should be shared. This volume is essential for anyone working in ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, environmental anthropology, Native American studies, and Western and California culture and history. Spirit People / Darlene Marshall -- The Peppernut / Josephine Peters -- The Peppernut Story / Vivien Hailstone, As Retold By Darlene Marshall -- A Life Well Lived / Beverly Ortiz -- Gathering Ethics / Jennifer L. Kalt With Bryan Colegrove And Kathleen Mccovey -- Herbal Medicines And Native Plant Foods -- The Plants -- Non-herbal Cures. Josephine Grant Peters And Beverly R. Ortiz ; Including Contributions From Cheryl Beck ... [et Al.] ; Karuk Plant Names By James A. Ferrara. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Josephine Peters, a revered northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural knowledge on personal and tribal history, gathering ethics and preparations, then offers a catalogue of the uses and doses of over 160 plants. The author, an Indian elder and Native healer, shares her lifelong cultural and plant knowledge. She instructs on personal and tribal history, gathering ethics and preparations, then offers a catalogue of the uses and doses of over 160 plants