Strength of the Earth: The Classic Guide to Ojibwe Uses of Native Plants

Frances Densmore

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Strength of the Earth: The Classic Guide to Ojibwe Uses of Native Plants

Strength of the Earth: The Classic Guide to Ojibwe Uses of Native Plants

Frances Densmore

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From a pioneering ethnographer, an invaluable recording of how early-twentieth-century Ojibwe women used wild plants in their everyday lives.

About the Author

Frances Densmore (1867-1957) was a Minnesota-born ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution who specialized in the study of American Indian culture. Brenda J. Child is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota and a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians.

Publishing Information

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub date: 2006-02-01
Length: 136 pages

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