Ethnobotany of the Zuñi Indians

What it is

An account of the plants the Zuni of New Mexico used as medicine, food, fiber and dye and in daily life, with each plant's Zuni name and its meaning. Published in the Bureau of American Ethnology's Thirtieth Annual Report.

Whose knowledge it records

The knowledge of the Zuni people, written down by an ethnographer who first worked at Zuni in 1879. She credits Me'she, who helped collect and classify the plants, and Nai'uchi, a renowned Zuni healer, among others. Much Zuni plant knowledge belongs to particular societies; the Library transcribes only what the book marks as open to everyone.

Passages transcribed

• Achillea lanulosa Nutt. Yarrow. (p. 42)