Nanise a Navajo Herbal One Hundred Plants from the Navajo Reservation

"Nanise', A Navajo Herbal: One Hundred Plants from the Navajo Reservation, by Vernon O. Mayes and Barbara Bayless Lacy Barbara Bayless Lucy worked at the Navajo Health Authority, and among her duties was collecting information about traditional Navajo medicine. Her research into this field was the inspiration for Nanise', A Navajo Herbal. The book details 100 plants found on the Navajo Reservation, including ferns, horsetails, and conifers. Coauthor Vernon O. Mayes brought his own expertise to the topic, having first lived on the Navajo Reservation in 1958. One does not need to be a botanist to be fascinated by how the tribe used these plants for ceremonial, medicinal, or household purposes."
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