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Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness by Leigh Joseph - Paperbacks & Frybread Co.

Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness by Leigh Joseph

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Author Leigh Joseph, an ethnobotanist and a member of the Squamish Nation, provides a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to Indigenous plant knowledge.

 

Plants can be a great source of healing as well as nourishment, and the practice of growing and harvesting from trees, flowering herbs, and other plants is a powerful way to become more connected to the land. The Indigenous Peoples of North America have long traditions of using native plants as medicine as well as for food. Held by the Land honors and shares some of these traditions, offering a guide to:
  • Harvesting herbs and other plants and using them topically
  • North American plants that can treat common ailments, add nutrition to your diet, become part of your beauty regime, and more
  • Stories and traditions about native plants from the author's Squamish culture
  • Using plant knowledge to strengthen your connection to the land you live on


Early chapters will introduce you to responsible ways to identify and harvest plants in your area and teach you how to grow a deeper connection with the land you live on through plants. In the plant profiles section, common plants are introduced with illustrations and information on their characteristics, range, how to grow and/or harvest them, and how to use them topically and as food. Special features offer recipes for food and beauty products along with stories and traditions around the plants.

 

This beautiful, full-color guide to Indigenous plants will give you new insights into the power of everyday plants.

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Held by the Land is a Roadmap to Wellbeing and Balance

Held by the Land is extremely well-written, striking a harmonious balance between Indigenous land knowledge and contemporary scientific language. This book is like a roadmap on how human beings can become a welcomed member of the ecosystem again, through exposure to land knowledge that is thousands of years old and how to harvest honorably and with respect for nature. As a biologist, this book aligns with but also transcends the scientific method and invites us to view nature as human beings once did before colonization. It is a love letter to our plant relatives and also an instruction manual on how to live well and view our surroundings. This book is showing me a path to wellness both spiritually and biologically through our ancestors’ medicine. I am so glad I got this book and can’t recommend it enough!