Strength of the Earth: The Classic Guide to Ojibwe Uses of Native Plants memoir with a new job photographing

with a new job photographing the campers for her town’s newspaper

Salman Rushdie

well-anchored life

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe

Twenty-something Philip Big Pipe disappears from an unsettled life he can hardly tolerate and ends up in an off-reservation town

Strength of the Earth: The Classic Guide to Ojibwe Uses of Native Plants memoir with a new job photographingFrom techniques for tapping maple trees and harvesting wild rice to extracting dyes from bloodroot to making dishes from birch bark and dolls with cattails, Strength of the Earth details the many uses of over 200 forest and prairie plants. Early twentieth century ethnologist Frances Densmore recorded traditions and techniques relayed by dozens of Ojibwe women to create this invaluable handbook perfect for readers interested in Native American art and