From the Book - Regular Print
1 Traditional Anishinaabe Teaching about Plants 11 --
"The Year the Roses Died" 13 --
2 Indinawemaaganag: All of My Relatives 31 --
"How Cedar and Bearberry Came into the World" 33 --
My Grandmother Cedar: Nookomis-giizhik, White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) 37 --
"The Birch Tree, the Maple Tree, and Naanabozho" 49 --
My Elder Sister: Nimisenh, Ingiigido'aag, Wadab, Aninaandag, Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) 67 --
"Why Some Trees Keep Their Leaves When Others Do Not" 77 --
"Naanabozho and Paul Bunyan" 81 --
Zesegaandag, Wadad, Black Spruce (Picea mariana) and Mina'ig, Gaawaandag, White Spruce (Picea glauca) 96 --
Mashkiigwaatig, Mashkiig-mitig, Mashkikii-mitig, Tamarack (Larix laricina) 103 --
Gaagaagiwanzh, Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) 108 --
4 Three Food Plants 117 --
"Naanabozho and the Dancing Men" 119 --
Apakweshway, Apakway, Cattail: Common Cattail (Typha latifolia) and Narrow-leafed Cattail (Typha angustifolia) 121 --
Mashiigobag, Labrador Tea, Swamp Tea, Hudson Bay Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum) 131 --
Giizisoojiibik, Ashkibwaa, Jerusalem Artichoke (Heliantbus tuberosus) 135 --
5 Four Traditional Plants In the Anishinaabeg Culture 139 --
"The Shut-eye Dance and the Creation of Red Osier, Bittersweet and Lichens" 141 --
Gookooko'oo-miinan, Baakwaanaatig, Baakwaan, Staghorn Sumac (Rhus hirta) 153 --
Aasaakamig Sphagnum Moss (sphagnum spp.) 158 --
"Naanabozho and the Squeaky-Voice Plant" 165 --
Naanabozho's Squeaky-Voice Plant (Lycopodium spp.)p168 --
6 Medicinal Plants 175 --
Waabanooganzh, Waabanoowashk, Ajidamoowaanow, Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) 177 --
Nookaadiziiganzh, Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) 184 --
"The South Wind and the Maiden of the Golden Hair" 192 --
Doodooshaaboojiibik, Mindimooyenh, Wezaawaaskwaneg, Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) 194 --
Oginii-waabigwaniin, Roses (Rosa) 205 --
Omakakiibag, Yellow or Brown Root Jewelweed, Touch-me-not --
Ozaawijiibik, Giizisoomashkiki, Goldthread, Mouth Root, Canker Root (Coptis groenlandica, Coptis trifolia) 228 --
Waawiyebagoon, Violets (Viola spp.) 232 --
"Naanabozho and Name" 239 --
Oombendaan, Dakaasabendaanag, Mints, Lamiaceae (Mentba spp.) 245 --
Ingijibinaa, Ogijibinaan, Heal-all, Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) 253 --
Niibiishikaabijigan, Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) 259 --
Gichi-namewashk, Gaazhagensibag, Catnip (Nepeta cataria) 263 --
Jill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie, Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) 268 --
Aanikawishkoons, Zhiishiibinashk, Meadow Horsetail (Equisetum pretense) --
Scouring Rush, Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) --
Scouring Rush, Horsetail (Equisetum byemale) --
Woodland Horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum) --
Marsh Horsetail (Equisetum palustre) 272 --
Makwa-miskomin, Kinnikinnick, Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) 277.
