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The rugged
mountain homelands of the Guarijio people constitute the largest
roadless area in Mexico, generally beyond the reach of the law
and now dangerous. This work documents the knowledge and uses
of more than three hundred species of plants by a traditional
people living in a rugged, arid region beyond the edge of the
Sonoran Desert. The authors worked directly with people who make
extensive use of wild plants. This work includes Guarijio use
and knowledge of plants for beverages, artifacts, construction,
basketry, medicines, cordage, food, veterinary medicine, beliefs,
fuel, dyes, livestock food, artwork, aromatics, soaps and shampoos,
hunting and fishing, ceremonial uses, wild animal foods, children’s
toys and play, tanning, furniture, utensils, adornment, oral literature,
songs and poetry, grooming, horticulture, religion, adhesives,
smoking, toxins, poisons, and more.
Yetman, D. & R. S. Felger. 2002. Ethnoflora
of the Guarijíos. Pages 174-230. In: D. Yetman. Guarijíos
of the Sierra Madre: the hidden people of northwestern Mexico.
University of New Mexico. Albuquerque. 278 pages.
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