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Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Contents 10 List of Illustrations 12 List of Tables 15 Preface 16 Note on Languages, Territories, and Namesof California Indian Tribes 28 Introduction 32 PART I. CALIFORNIA AT CONTACT 42 1 Wildlife, Plants, and People 44 2 Gathering, Hunting, and Fishing 72 3 The Collision of Worlds 93 PART II. INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENTAND ITS ECOLOGICAL BASIS 154 4 Methods of Caring for the Land 156 5 Landscapes of Stewardship 186 6 Basketry: Cultivating Forbs, Sedges, Grasses, and Tules 218 7 From Arrows to Weirs: Cultivating Shrubs and Trees 240 8 California’s Cornucopia: A Calculated Abundance 271 9 Plant Foods Aboveground: Seeds, Grains, Leaves,and Fruits 286 10 Plant Foods Belowground: Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes,Taproots, and Tubers 322 PART III. REKINDLING THE OLD WAYS 338 11 Contemporary California Indian Harvesting andManagement Practices 340 12 Restoring Landscapes with Native Knowledge 365 Coda: Indigenous Wisdom in the Modern World 389 Notes 396 Bibliography 442 Index 502
Who reads Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- M. Kat Anderson
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Social Science, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 4.54 / 5 (134 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13