Ethnobotany of the Gitksan Indians of British Columbia /
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| Author / Creator: | Smith, Harlan I., 1872-1940. |
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| Imprint: | Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, c1997. |
| Description: | viii, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mercury series, 0316-1854 Paper / Canadian Ethnology Service, 0316-1862 ; 132 Paper (Canadian Ethnology Service) ; no. 132. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2630384 |
Table of Contents:
- The Gitksan People, Their Language, and Their Homeland
- Botanical Environment of the Gitksan
- Brief Account of Harlan I. Smith's Activities at the National Museum Leading to the Production of "Ethno-botany of the Gitksan Indians of British Columbia"
- Smith's Original Manuscript. Pt. 1. H. I. Smith's "Ethno-botany of the Gitksan Indians of British Columbia" Pt. 2. The Gitksan Consultants and Smith's Research Methodology
- Additional H. I. Smith Materials on Gitksan Ethnobotany and the Kitwanga Garden of Native Plants. Transcription of the Gitksan Ethnobotanical Lexicon. Botanical Species Collected as Voucher Specimens or Observed and Noted by H. I. Smith. Plants and Fungi Known or Used by the Gitksan. Fungi (Mushrooms and Their Relatives). Lichens (Lichenized Fungi). Bryophytes (Mosses and Their Relatives). Pteridophytes (Ferns and Their Relatives). Gymnosperms (Conifers and the Taxad, Western Yew). Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Dicotyledons. Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Monocotyledons. Unidentified Species. Summary of botanical species used as food or in food-related applications among the Gitksan
- Summary of botanical species regarded as animal food among the Gitksan
- Summary of botanical species used as material for technological and other applications among the Gitksan
- Summary of botanical species used as medicinal applications among the Gitksan
- Summary of botanical species with ritual or spiritual roles among the Gitksan
- Summary of botanical species with mythological roles among the Gitksan
- Summary of botanical species with miscellaneous cultural roles among the Gitksan
- Summary of botanical species recognized and named among the Gitksan but which lack cultural roles
- App. 1. Writing the Gitksan Language
- App. 2. Botanical species collected or observed by H. I. Smith in 1925 and 1926
- App. 3. Taxa reported by H. I. Smith in individual species accounts for which no observations or collections were reported
- App. 4. Botanical species that lack Gitksan names or uses, but which H. I. Smith included in the main body of his original manuscript.
