| Description |
1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Culture, place, and nature
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Culture, place, and nature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-283) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: the land and the peoples -- Wealth and value in a changing world -- Land-based stories of peoples and home places -- A kincentric approach to nature -- Honouring nature through ceremony and ritual -- The balance between humans and nature -- Looking after the lands and waters -- Everything is one -- Finding meaning in a contemporary context. |
| Summary |
"In The Earth's Blanket, ethnobotanist Nancy Turner explores the wealth of ecological knowledge and spiritual connection to the natural world that is fundamental to indigenous cultures and lifeways." |
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"Turner has worked with Native peoples in the Pacific Northwest for more than thirty-five years, and generations of her indigenous teachers have given her permission to share their stories and perspectives about the natural world. Their teachings describe a rich variety of methods of harvesting, transporting, processing, storing, maintaining, and enhancing natural resources such as trees, medicinal plants, berries, root vegetables, fish, meat, and shellfish. More than just stories, these narratives underlie a belief system that informs everyday attitudes toward the earth." "The Earth's Blanket suggests how systems of traditional ecological knowledge can contribute to the modern world."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Philosophy.
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Human ecology -- Philosophy. |
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Ethnoecology.
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Ethnoecology. |
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Philosophy of nature.
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Philosophy of nature. |
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Conservation of natural resources.
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Conservation of natural resources. |
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Environmental protection.
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Environmental protection. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Turner, Nancy J., 1947- Earth's blanket 0295984740 (DLC) 2004026122 (OCoLC)56956043 |
| ISBN |
9780295997865 electronic book |
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0295997869 electronic book |
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0295984740 |
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9780295984742 |
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1553650816 |
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1553651804 |
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0295987391 |
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1926706188 |
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