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The Earth's Blanket

Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living

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The Earth's Blanket

Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living

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This is a thought-provoking look at Native American stories, cultural institutions, and ways of knowing, and what they can teach us about living sustainably.

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Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge

Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America

By: Nancy J. Turner

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Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge

Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America

By: Nancy J. Turner

Volume 1: The History and Practice of Indigenous Plant Knowledge Volume 2: The Place and Meaning of Plants in Indigenous Cultures and Worldviews Nancy Turner has studied Indigenous peoples' knowledge of plants and environments in northwestern North America for over forty years. In Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge, she integrates her research into a two-volume ethnobotanical tour-de-force. Drawing on information shared by Indigenous botanical experts and collaborators, the ethnographic and historical record, and from linguistics, palaeobotany, archaeology, phytogeography, and other fields, Turner weaves together a complex understanding of the traditions of use and management of plant resources in this vast region. She follows Indigenous inhabitants over time and through space, showing how they actively participated in their environments, managed and cultivated valued plant resources, and maintained key habitats that supported their dynamic cultures for thousands of years, as well as how knowledge was passed on from generation to generation and from one community to another. To understand the values and perspectives that have guided Indigenous ethnobotanical knowledge and practices, Turner looks beyond the details of individual plant species and their uses to determine the overall patterns and processes of their development, application, and adaptation. Volume 1 presents a historical overview of ethnobotanical knowledge in the region before and after European contact. The ways in which Indigenous peoples used and interacted with plants - for nutrition, technologies, and medicine - are examined. Drawing connections between similarities across languages, Turner compares the names of over 250 plant species in more than fifty Indigenous languages and dialects to demonstrate the prominence of certain plants in various cultures and the sharing of goods and ideas between peoples. She also examines the effects that introduced species and colonialism had on the region's Indigenous peoples and their ecologies. Volume 2 provides a sweeping account of how Indigenous organizational systems developed to facilitate the harvesting, use, and cultivation of plants, to establish economic connections across linguistic and cultural borders, and to preserve and manage resources and habitats. Turner describes the worldviews and philosophies that emerged from the interactions between peoples and plants, and how these understandings are expressed through cultures’ stories and narratives. Finally, she explores the ways in which botanical and ecological knowledge can be and are being maintained as living, adaptive systems that promote healthy cultures, environments, and indigenous plant populations. Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge both challenges and contributes to existing knowledge of Indigenous peoples' land stewardship while preserving information that might otherwise have been lost. Providing new and captivating insights into the anthropogenic systems of northwestern North America, it will stand as an authoritative reference work and contribute to a fuller understanding of the interactions between cultures and ecological systems.

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0773585400

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9780773585409

Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples

Nutrition, Botany and Use

By: Harriet Kuhnlein,Nancy J Turner

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Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples

Nutrition, Botany and Use

By: Harriet Kuhnlein,Nancy J Turner

First published in 1991, Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples details the nutritional properties, botanical characteristics and ethnic uses of a wide variety of traditional plant foods used by the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Comprehensive and detailed, this volume explores both the technical use of plants and their cultural connections. It will be of interest to scholars from a variety of backgrounds, including Indigenous Peoples with their specific cultural worldviews; nutritionists and other health professionals who work with Indigenous Peoples and other rural people; other biologists, ethnologists, and organizations that address understanding of the resources of the natural world; and academic audiences from a variety of disciplines.

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Routledge

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1000092283

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Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples

By: Nancy J. Turner

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Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples

By: Nancy J. Turner

Reprint of the revision of the 1975 edition. Each plant is illustrated in color with scientific name, family, a botanical description, habitat, distribution and its uses with warnings about similar, injurious, species. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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UBC Press

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0774805331

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The Earth's Blanket

Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living

By: Nancy J. Turner

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Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living

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Gene and Cell Therapy

Therapeutic Mechanisms and Strategies, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

By: Nancy Smyth Templeton

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Gene and Cell Therapy

Therapeutic Mechanisms and Strategies, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

By: Nancy Smyth Templeton

This reference is completely revised and expanded to reflect the most critical studies, controversies, and technologies impacting the medical field, including probing research on lentivirus, gutless adenovirus, bacterial and baculovirus vectors, retargeted viral vectors, in vivo electroporation, in vitro and in vivo gene detection systems, and all inducible gene expression systems. Scrutinizing every tool, technology, and issue impacting the future of gene and cell research, it is specifically written and organized for laymen, scholars, and specialists from varying backgrounds and disciplines to understand the current status of gene and cell therapy and anticipate future developments in the field.

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CRC Press

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0824758609

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Linguistic and Genetic (mtDNA) Connections between Native Peoples of Alaska and California

Ancient Mariners of the Middle Holocene

By: Cecil H. Brown,Kent G. Lightfoot,Nancy J. Turner,Dana Lepofsky

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Linguistic and Genetic (mtDNA) Connections between Native Peoples of Alaska and California

Ancient Mariners of the Middle Holocene

By: Cecil H. Brown,Kent G. Lightfoot,Nancy J. Turner,Dana Lepofsky

Linguistic and Genetic (mtDNA) Connections between Native Peoples of Alaska and California: Ancient Mariners of the Middle Holocene traces the linguistic and biological connections between contemporary Aleut people of southwest Alaska and historic Utian people of central California. During the Middle Holocene Period, Aleut and Utian languages diverged from their common parent language, Proto-Aleut-Utian (PAU), spoken by people who resided on or near Kodiak Island in coastal southwest Alaska. Around the time of divergence, Utians departed the PAU homeland, migrating by watercraft along the eastern Pacific coast to the San Francisco Bay Area. The affiliation between Aleut and Utian languages is strongly supported by comparative linguistics and by the genetic link (mtDNA) of groups speaking these languages. On their migration, Utians encountered coastal groups speaking languages different from their own. Through these prolonged and intimate interactions, words were borrowed from Utian into the languages of these native coastal communities. Other significant findings explored in this book are the lack of compelling evidence for the kinship of Eskimo and Aleut peoples, despite scholarship’s long-term acceptance of this proposal, and the discovery of language-structure features shared by Yeniseian and Na Dene, indicating an historical connection for these circumarctic languages.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666915114

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Health Informatics - E-Book

By: Ramona Nelson,Nancy Staggers

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Health Informatics - E-Book

By: Ramona Nelson,Nancy Staggers

Awarded second place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Information Technology category. See how information technology intersects with health care! Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 2nd Edition prepares you for success in today's technology-filled healthcare practice. Concise coverage includes information systems and applications such as electronic health records, clinical decision support, telehealth, ePatients, and social media tools, as well as system implementation. New to this edition are topics including data science and analytics, mHealth, principles of project management, and contract negotiations. Written by expert informatics educators Ramona Nelson and Nancy Staggers, this edition enhances the book that won a 2013 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award! - Experts from a wide range of health disciplines cover the latest on the interprofessional aspects of informatics — a key Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative and a growing specialty area in nursing. - Case studies encourage higher-level thinking about how concepts apply to real-world nursing practice. - Discussion questions challenge you to think critically and to visualize the future of health informatics. - Objectives, key terms and an abstract at the beginning of each chapter provide an overview of what you will learn. - Conclusion and Future Directions section at the end of each chapter describes how informatics will continue to evolve as healthcare moves to an interprofessional foundation. - NEW! Updated chapters reflect the current and evolving practice of health informatics, using real-life healthcare examples to show how informatics applies to a wide range of topics and issues. - NEW mHealth chapter discusses the use of mobile technology, a new method of health delivery — especially for urban or under-served populations — and describes the changing levels of responsibility for both patients and providers. - NEW Data Science and Analytics in Healthcare chapter shows how Big Data — as well as analytics using data mining and knowledge discovery techniques — applies to healthcare. - NEW Project Management Principles chapter discusses proven project management tools and techniques for coordinating all types of health informatics-related projects. - NEW Contract Negotiations chapter describes strategic methods and tips for negotiating a contract with a healthcare IT vendor. - NEW Legal Issues chapter explains how federal regulations and accreditation processes may impact the practice of health informatics. - NEW HITECH Act chapter explains the regulations relating to health informatics in the Health Information Technology for Education and Clinical Health Act as well as the Meaningful Use and Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323402259

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Plants in British Columbia Indian Technology

By: Nancy J. Turner

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Plants in British Columbia Indian Technology

By: Nancy J. Turner

Use of plants by the native peoples of coastal and interior British Columbia for technological applications, eg. for shelter clothing, nets, ropes etc. Individual plant species are listed, with their botanical descriptions, habitats, distribution in the province, and the ways in which they were employed in native technology.

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British Columbia Provincial Museum

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0771881177

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The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms

By: Nancy J. Turner,Patrick von Aderkas

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The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms

By: Nancy J. Turner,Patrick von Aderkas

If people knew how many poisonous plants are commonly found in homes and gardens, they'd be shocked. Plants as common as monkshood, castorbean, and oleander are not just dangerous, they're deadly. The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms is a comprehensive, easy-to-use handbook. The book is split into four main categories: mushrooms, wild plants, ornamental and crop plants, and houseplants. Each plant entry includes a clear photograph to aid the task of identification, a description of the plant, notes on where they commonly occur, and a description of their toxic properties. Plants are listed by common name to assist the non-specialist.

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160469145X

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Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America

By: Nancy J. Turner,Adam F. Szczawinski

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Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America

By: Nancy J. Turner,Adam F. Szczawinski

Identifies and describes poisonous plants, and provides information on their range, toxicity, and treatment.

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0881923125

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Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge

Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America

By: Nancy J. Turner

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Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America

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Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples

By: Nancy J. Turner

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Food Plants of Interior First Peoples

By: Nancy J. Turner,Royal British Columbia Museum

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Food Plants of Interior First Peoples

By: Nancy J. Turner,Royal British Columbia Museum

For centuries, First Peoples in B.C. have harvested a variety of wild plant foods. Berries, nuts, roots, greens, mushrooms, lichen -- all were important components of their diets. They learned which plants and plant parts to eat, the best seasons for gathering them, the most efficient methods of harvesting, and the best ways to prepare them for eating and storage. In this companion book to Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples, the author describes more than 150 plant foods used by first Peoples in the interior of British Columbia and northern Washington. Originally published in 1978, this new edition is expanded and updated . Nancy J. Turner is a professor of Environmental studies at the University of Victoria and a research afffiliate at the Royal British Columbia Museum. She is the author of many books and articles on ethnobotany and is a leading authority on the subject.

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0774806060

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The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms

By: Nancy J. Turner,Patrick von Aderkas

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Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge

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Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples

Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples

The Earth's Blanket

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Gene and Cell Therapy

Gene and Cell Therapy

Linguistic and Genetic (mtDNA) Connections between Native Peoples of Alaska and California

Linguistic and Genetic (mtDNA) Connections between Native Peoples of Alaska and California

Health Informatics - E-Book

Health Informatics - E-Book

Plants in British Columbia Indian Technology

Plants in British Columbia Indian Technology

The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms

The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms

Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America

Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America

Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge

Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge

Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples

Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples

Food Plants of Interior First Peoples

Food Plants of Interior First Peoples

The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms

The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms

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