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E. Barrie Kavasch at a book signing.
Photograph by Ken Lear.
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E. Barrie Kavasch holds many titles as distinguished authority on native plants, fungi, cultures, healing, spirituality, shamanic dream work, storytelling, and cuisines. She is both an Ethnobotanist and an Master Herbalist, a Culinary Historian and an Author, a Botanical Illustrator and a Research Associate. She is of Scotch-Irish and German descent along with
Chickamauga Cherokee, Creek, and early Powhatan Indian decent. Her mixed ancestry can be traced back 15 generations to Chief
Powhatan through his daughter Pocahontas.
Ms. Kavasch has authored (photographed and/or illustrated) more than 25 popular books for adults and children, for trade as well as the school & library market. She was given the prestigious G.B. Foster Award for Excellence in Herbal Literature: 2000 by the Herb Society of America. Her recent American Indian Healing Arts(1999, Bantam) was a finalist for the Books For A Better Life:2000 award; Earthmaker's Lodge(1994, Cobblestone) was given both the Boston Book Binders award and the Institute for American Indian Studies Select Book Gold Star award. She has written many
articles, research papers, and contributed to other books. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Sierra, Native Peoples, Bon Appetit, Fine Cooking, Martha Stewart Living and other publications.
Ms. Kavasch has taught at at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, the New York Botanical Gardens,
the Institute for American Indian Studies(IAIS), and at many colleges, universities, and museums. She often presented programs at Mohonk Mountain
House and the Spa @ Norwich Inn, and led elderhostels at Mercy Center in Madison, CT, and in Oklahoma.
She served as guest lecturer and food consultant at various symposia and special events internationally. Notably she worked with the American Indian College Fund and the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, Italy, for 12 days in January 1994, to give ethnobotany lectures, interviews, and develop American Indian cuisine and menus.
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Wild Turkey Prayer Feather.
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Ms. Kavasch also lectured at annual healing plants symposia at the
Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia and the NYBG in the Bronx; she has
taught at Oklahoma State University in the Native Americans in Biological Sciences
(NABS) program for the Howard Hughes Medical Foundation. She helped create an
Ethnobotanical Trail in Washington, CT (along with an illustrated trail guide).
She is is extensively self-taught, having studied with many unique specialists in her particular fields of interests.
Her work in spirituality, healing, Reiki, dream work, and shamanic training continues to lead her to receptive
audiences across the country. Her work in herbalism and healing has led to the foundation of a new business:
the Indigenous Peoples Learning Network (IPLN). One of the main goals of IPLN
is to encourage organic native herbal agriculture and healing through the production of herbal formulas for
animals, including horses. IPLN herbal products are now available under the Earth Lodge trademark.
Contact Ms. Kavasch!
Email: barrie@kavasch.com
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