Cherokee Plants: Their Uses–A 400 Year History

Over 400 plants are listed along with their traditional uses; an explanation of the spiritual relationship of the Cherokee people with their environment; material drawn from conversations with North Carolina Cherokee elders.

Compiled by ethnobotanist Paul B. Hamel and Cherokee elder and historian Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey, this 71-page historical guide documents the ethnobotanical tradition of the Cherokee people across four centuries of environmental and cultural change.