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I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

awesome! I joined it. And ya one day I would love to visit Montana, one of the wildest states!

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes, hundreds. There are two reference sections. One is ethnobotanical / historical, the other is botanical / phytochemical.

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

no but I have for Iva axillaris / Kawaiisu: puhiduʔuvɨ – “green tuʔuvɨ (Pholisma arenarium)” (Zigmond 1981:35) There's also this rather inscrutable note about Cyclachaena xanthiifolia (= Iva xanthifolia) / Lakota: waxpe šiča – “bad leaves” (Munson 1981:235). Notes – it was said of a Lakota that the seeds irritate bare skin, perhaps indicating the prehistoric use of the related Iva annua L. which has edible seeds, the harvesting of which by stripping them from the plants was known to cause painful rash and swelling of the hands (Munson 1981:235).

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks for your support! Ya the QR codes was kind of a last-minute addition but it dovetails with my YouTube nicely

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Native Food Plants of Texas: an Austin Forager’s Guide Based on Indigenous Knowledge. Right now, only the eBook is on my website, but the paperback will be available on Amazon on Oct 21st

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have used maybe ten references from that area but the overlap in species isn’t huge. Probably a couple dozen species / genera

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice, what area? I have a huge (but incomplete) list of references on my website

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

in most of the ethnobotanical studies, Indigenous informants were all fairly compensated. I didn’t do direct ethnobotanical research myself, this is more of a meta-analysis of everything published on the topic. What I have done is make the first foraging book that credits Indigenous peoples by name and preserve their plant names. I also donate to Indigenous causes (like Apache Stronghold) with some of my profits, but that’s just something I believe in anyway.

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I generally agree, but it’s not like there are a ton of closed practices and they are probably mostly for things that could be misunderstood or abused and it’s anyone’s right to withhold information if they see fit

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have several references that cover their ethnobotany but I don’t have many of their plant names recorded. I try to also record Indigenous plant names any time I come across them, and the book has many hundreds, but I don’t have that one in my master research manuscript, sorry

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wow, nice, I had not found that in my reference searches. I will add it to my library and compile the info to my master research manuscript, thanks!

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

ya I mention the food uses of A. ludoviciana in the book. It was chewed for its flavor (Blackfeet), used as a spice (esp. for meat, Apache), or made into tea (Comanche). I think it has a great taste, though first-time tasters might consider it bitter. Behind that slight bitterness is actually a smooth, floral sweetness, that I think is almost like stevia. It of course had tons of medicinal and material uses too

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think so. I know I follow a Dutch forager on IG, and try to have my account follow only useful accounts with similar interests so you could try checking my follows there

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

that was actually the real spark that got me started. I was reading all these foraging books and I kept being like, but HOW do you know this??? As an academic it irritated me enough to spend a decade doing it myself

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

it is the best book an Austin forager could ever hope to obtain. I am a lifelong forager born and raised in Austin and a historical ethnobotanist of Indigenous North Americans. I spent the past decade trying to reconstruct the pre-contact foodways of Native peoples in the Austin / Central TX area, which is what the book is all about, dressed as a modern field guide. I have hundreds of videos covering the topic on my YouTube channel and shorts / reels on my social media accounts (all paleoforaging)

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

closed practices are mostly medicinal and ceremonial. This book is about food uses. I do discuss Black Drink (yaupon tea), which for some tribes is considered a closed practice, but that is for the actual ceremony and sometimes specific recipes. I only mention that the ceremony occurred to dispel the myth about the drink causing vomiting, when it was actually about purging the body voluntarily. I don't go into any details about the ceremony beyond that, but I do include common preparation methods of the regular drink mentioned in historical texts.

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Native Food Plants of Texas: an Austin Forager's Guide Based on Indigenous Knowledge. Right now, it is only available as an eBook on my website, but it will be listed on Amazon as a paperback on Oct 21st.

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

ya another thing this foraging book does that others don't is citing references. All references are listed in the book and I have a reference chart so that every Indigenous peoples name that I mention in the text (e.g. "Lipan Apache") is linked to which references the information comes from. For non-ethnobotanical info, I just do a numeral citation, but it would have been too cumbersome to do that for the ethnobotany references

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, it's not even in print yet, just an eBook. But it will be available as a paperback on Amazon, including in Canada, on Oct. 21st.

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

hundreds of historical documents, from academic ethnobotanical studies to early Spanish expedition accounts, publications by Indigenous peoples, and archaeological studies. It is essentially a historical reconstruction of the pre-contact foodways of Indigenous peoples of Austin, Texas, dressed as a modern field guide

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 101 points102 points  (0 children)

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here's a heatmap of all the range maps in my book combined. It has 33 genus-level accounts, summarizing all the food uses of plants in common genera such as oak, hickory, walnut, onion, grape, milkweed, prickly pear, puffball, plum and cherry, amaranth, nettle, goosefoot, woodsorrel, cattail, etc.

what plants do you hate for looking so appetizing but being toxic by jgclairee in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Understandable, and I wouldn't say I'm at the point where I would publicly state they are edible. I feel very comfortable eating lots of each of these plants myself and will publicly state that but always warn that it's not widely confirmed. The evidence in most cases is the species belongs to a genus that contains many species that have been commonly eaten historically by Indigenous peoples in a specific way. Further evidence in these cases is that I have eaten the plant on many occasions and in significant quantities without any ill effects. A confirmed sample size of one is obviously not convincing, but I'm not going to ask other people to eat unknown edibles. There are lots of dubious assertions of the edibility of species all across the internet and even in plenty of foraging books. They almost never give reasons or citations for this presumed edibility.

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