Nanise': A Navajo Herbal: One Hundred Plants From the Navajo Reservation (Paperback)

~ Vernon O. Mayes (Author), Barbara Bayless Lacy (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 153 pages
• Publisher: Navajo Community College Press (January 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912586621
• ISBN-13: 978-0912586625
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #258,627 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A valuable picture-guide for the whole Southwest, September 4, 1999

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The 5-star review is entirely correct. Also gives descriptions of appearances at higher and lower elevations. The thinnish book is a bit large (9"x8") for a hiker to keep handy.Our Navajo guide in Canyon de Chelly only knew the Navajo names of the plants; this book gives Latin, common American, and Navajo names, with indices only for the first two.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully produced and useful book!, June 17, 1996

By A Customer

This carefully produced book contains a wealth of information for those interested in plants used by the Navajo people in their everyday life on the Reservation and elsewhere. Fine color photographs are provided for the 100 plants, and outstanding black-and-white sketches are provided too. Medicinal, spiritual, and common domestic uses of each plant are listed. A good companion publication for those wanting to know more about what plants grow on the Navajo Reservation is NAVAJOLAND PLANT CATALOG, written by Vernon O. Mayes and James M. Rominger and published in 1994 by National Woodlands Publishing Company (e-mail address: [e-mail])