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Food Plants of Interior First Peoples
(Royal British Columbia Museum Handbook)
Nancy J. Turner, Royal British Columbia Museum / Paperback / Published 1997
Univ of British Columbia; ISBN: 0774806060 Reviewer: Columbiana Magazine (columbiana@televar.com) from Chesaw, WA, June 10, 1998 "This richly illustrated book details over 150 plant species used by First Peoples/Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest Interior. Revised and redesigned for easier use, this handbook includes detailed botanical descriptions and notes on habitat and distribution. Groups covered are the Stl’atl’imx (Lillooet), Secwepemc (Sushwap), Nlaka’pamux (Thompson), Okanagan, Ktunaxa (Kootenay), Tsimshian and Athapaskan groups in the north, and others in northwestern U.S.A."

Early Native American Recipes and Remedies
Duane R. Lund / Paperback / Published 1992
Adventure Pubns; ISBN: 0934860572

Earth Medicine-Earth Food Plant Remedies, Drugs,
and Natural Foods of the North American Indian
Michael A. Weiner / Paperback / Published 1991
Fawcett Books; ISBN: 0449905896

Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide
Kelly Kindscher / Paperback / Published 1987
University Press of Kansas; ISBN: 0700603255 Reviewer: Channunpa@yahoo.com from North and South Dakota, December 11, 1998 "Excellent book; entirely usable in the field. I think this is an excellent book; well-written, with excellent translations of Indigenous People's names for these plants. (I am both D-/Lakota, speak, read, and write my languages; and forage for plants.) If I have a criticism, it is (1) that the book should have a sequel with another 130 or so plants including both food and medicinal uses, and (2) I would wish for GOOD, SHARP color photographs of the plants as harvested AND as you would see them if you were looking closely for them where they usually grow. The sketches are extremely well done but there is nothing like color to show the differences between plants that appear similar (at least until your eye is honed)..."

How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine and Crafts
Frances Densmore / Paperback / Published 1974
Dover Pubns; ISBN: 0486230198 Reviewer: A reader January 25, 1996, "Thorough study, 1905-1925,Ojibwe Food, Medical, General uses. Densmore was liked and trusted by Native people, and had the advantage of Marry Warren English, an extraordinary Native woman living on the White Earth reservation as her interpreter and in many respects, co-author. Her book reflects information from (mostly) women of the White Earth, Mille Lacs, Red Lake, Cass Lake,Leech Lake reservtions of Minnesota, Lac Courte Oreilles, WI, and Manito Rapids, Canada, over a period of more than 20 years. Densmore had recorded many songs, including songs of the Midewewin (Grand Medicine Lodge) and explains that "Songs having been recorded, the Indian were willing to bring in the plants (that were sung with for healing) and to explain the manner of their use." Unlike male ethnobotanists, she developed a close relationships with the women, and participated on cooking, crafts, and ceremonies. The Native women found her another practiucal woman who was interested in recipes, sewing techniques and patterns, and how the day-to-day lives of families were lived. "The majority of the informants were women, and they became interested in describing the former methods of preparing vegetable foods" as well as uses for dyes, fibers, and medicines. Densmore got qwuite specific info (unlike most ethnobotanists) about such things as "scraping the bark away from the root," how long it was to be dried, how much water to steep it in (informants brought her their pails, to measure). On the more technical side, Densmore got something most of the ethnobots don't bother with: the native names. She took info gathering about as far as you can go without computers, with cross-referenced tables..."

Enduring Seeds: Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation
Gary Paul Nabhan, Wendell Berry (Designer) / Paperback / Published 1991
North Point Press; ISBN: 0865473447 Garden Magazine Review: "A gem of a book: scientifically sound, ethical, full of interesting and timely information about one of the paramount yet neglected environmental issues of our times."

Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants
Bradford Angier / Paperback / Published 1978
Stackpole Books; ISBN: 0811720764 Reviewer: A reader from Atlanta, Georgia, December 22, 1998 "A full page is dedicated to each plant, showing in color, a detailed drawing of the leaves and flower, fruit or other identifying characteristic. The text is at least a page and covers: Family, Common Names, Characteristics, Area and Uses. The text is easy to read and offers interesting notes about the plant's uses, primarily from American Indians and pioneers. This is not a field identification book, but it provides additional information to a known plant. The guide is alphabetical by common name."

Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide
Kelly Kindscher, William S. Whitney (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1992
University Press of Kansas; ISBN: 0700605274

Wild Rice and the Ojibway People
Thomas, Jr. Vennum / Paperback / Published 1988
Minnesota Historical Society; ISBN: 087351226X

Wild Plants and Native Peoples of the Four Corners
William W. Dunmire, Gail D. Tierney (Contributor) / Paperback / Published 1997
Museum of New Mexico Pr; ISBN: 0890133190

Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province: Exploring Ancient and Enduring Uses
William W. Dunmire, et al / Paperback / Published 1995
Museum of New Mexico Pr; ISBN: 0890132720

Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province: Exploring Ancient and Enduring Uses
William W. Dunmire, et al / Hardcover / Published 1995
Museum of New Mexico Pr; ISBN: 0890132828 ;

The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering
(We Are Still Here: Native Americans Today)
Gordon Regguinti, Dale Kakkak (Photographer) / Library Binding / Published 1992
Lerner Publications Company; ISBN: 0822526506 Card catalog description: "Glen Jackson, Jr., an eleven-year-old Ojibway Indian in northern Minnesota, goes with his father to harvest wild rice, the sacred food of his people." (Story for younger set.)

The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering
(We Are Still Here: Native Americans Today)
Gordon Regguinti, et al / Paperback / Published 1992
First Avenue Editions; ISBN: 0822596202 Card catalog description: "Glen Jackson, Jr., an eleven-year-old Ojibway Indian in northern Minnesota, goes with his father to harvest wild rice, the sacred food of his people." (Story for younger set.)