Tobacco use by Native North Americans : sacred smoke and silent killer / edited by Joseph C. Winter.
| Other author | Winter, Joseph C. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2000. |
| Description | xviii, 454 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 236 Civilization of the American Indian series v. 236. ^A13888 |
| Contents | Introduction to the North American tobacco species / Joseph C. Winter -- Traditional uses of tobacco by Native Americans / Joseph C. Winter -- North American indigenous nicotiana use and tobacco shamanism: the early documentary record, 1520-1660 / Alexander von Gernet -- Ethnobotanical notes from Zuni Pueblo / Carol B. Brandt -- Botanical description of the North American tobacco species / Joseph C. Winter -- Out of California: cultural geography of western North American tobacco / Julia E. Hammett -- Tobacco use, ecology, and manipulation in the prehistoric and historic southwestern United States / Karen R. Adams and Mollie S. Toll -- Tobacco on the plains: historical use, ethnographic accounts, and archaeological evidence / Mary J. Adair -- Tobacco in prehistoric eastern North America / Gail E. Wagner -- Prehistoric tobacco pollen in southwestern Colorado: distribution and possible contamination / Linda Scott Cummings -- Morphological distinctiveness of nicotiana pollen and the potential for identifying prehistoric southwest tobacco use through pollen analysis / Jannifer W. Gish -- From Earth Mother to Snake Woman: the role of tobaco in the evolution of Native American religious organization / Joseph C. Winter -- Food of the gods: biochemistry, addiction, and the development of Native American tobacco use / Joseph C. Winter -- Health effects of tobacco use by Native Americans: past and present / Jonathan M. Samet -- The Huichol Indians, tobacco, and pesticides / Patricia Díaz-Romo and Samuel Salinas Alvarez -- Native Americans and tobacco: Deer Person's gift or Columbus's curse? / Joseph C. Winter ... [et al.] -- Tricky tokes, those Coyote smokes: how Coyote learned the true power of tobacco / Lawrence A. Shorty. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-434) and index. |
| LCCN | 99087201 |
| ISBN | 0806132620 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | E98.T6 T63 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |