THE MEDICINE WHEEL GARDEN:
CREATING SACRED SPACE FOR HEALING, CELEBRATION AND TRANQUILITY
Bantam/Randam House, NY, NY; 2002
The circle is sacred and one of the earliest landscape forms created by humans. This landmark book shows readers how
to create sacred space and imbue it with select healing plants for many different environments. Medicine Wheel Gardens now
bless the landscape designs at many schools,, colleges, hospitals and healing centers, as well as private and public gardens around the world.
This book is filled with stunning illustrations and centers around more than 50 key herbs.The last chapter is filled with directions for
creating sacred accoutrements. With photography by Bill Seitz, Ms. Kavasch's latest book is a perfect companion to another of her books,
American Indian Healing Arts.
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AMERICAN INDIAN HEALING ARTS: HERBS, RITUALS, & REMEDIES FOR EVERY SEASON OF LIFE, $17.95
Bantam, NY; 1999; 303-pages; ISBN 0-553-37881-3
This gorgeous cover photograph is an altar to healing picturing many diverse botanicals and Native American artifacts along withgg sweetgrass,
pollen, cedar, and tobacco to bless the book's contents. Stunning illustrations and botanical rubbings add elements of numerous plant personalities
for identification. American Indian Healing Arts is filled with traditional and modern healing practices, plus recipes and directions for making specific healing
foods and formulas. The book is centered around more than 50 key healing herbs, along with phases of life. American Indian Healing Arts is the perfect companion to
The Medicine Wheel Garden book! Both books have become increasingly popular internationally, as well as throughout North America, especially Canada.
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EQUINE HERBS & HEALING: AN EARTH LODGE GUIDE TO HORSE WELLNESS, $19.95
by Maya Cointreau & E. Barrie Kavasch with Sandra Cointreau
Foreword by Allen M. Schoen, MS, DVM
Praise for Equine Herbs & Healing:
“Equine Herbs & Healing is a must-have resource.”
– Equine Wellness Magazine
“A great gift.”
– Natural Horse Magazine
Horses of the past were free to roam on large acreages and commonly sought out the wild herbs and other native medicinal plants they needed to stay properly conditioned.
Modern horses rely on their human owners to supply the herbs they need to keep their bodies strong and healthy. The herbalists at Earth Lodge Herbals
(www.earthlodgeherbals.com)
have brought together years of herbal experience to bring you this Earth Lodge Guide to Horse Wellness: Equine Herbs & Healing, giving you all the tools you need to maintain your
horse the natural way.
This informative book teaches you how to combine and use herbs most effectively for your horse’s benefit.
Learn what herbs have been used traditionally for which ailments and how to make your own salves, tinctures, braces, and sprays.
The authors have included a handy reference table of disorders and their corresponding herbal remedies, as well as online resources and herbal recipes for the barn and home.
Equine Herbs & Healing covers horse herbalism in all its forms, from the historical uses of dried herbs to advances in aromatherapy and herbal cancer therapy
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ENDURING HARVESTS: NATIVE AMERICAN FOODS & FESTIVALS FOR EVERY SEASON,
1995
Republished in a new edition, 2001, by iuniverse & available now. $24.95;
ISBN 1-56440-737-3
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NATIVE HARVESTS: AMERICAN INDIAN WILD FOODS & RECIPES
Dover Edition, 2005
Practical primer on natural foods not only provides recipes for varied Native American dishes but also describes uses of ceremonial, medicinal, and sacred plants.
From clambakes to wild strawberry bread, the volume is simultaneously a field guide, cookbook, and useful manual on herbal remedies. 139 black-and-white illustrations; 8 in color.
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SACRED CAVE
304 pages, ISBN 0-595-35884-5, 2005, $19.95
Sacred Cave is the first book in an extraordinary new adventure series set 5,000 years ago in the lush Southeast. Five generations of mystical Algonquian Indian women lead their people into a changing world dominated by wildly destructive forces. They know the "power of dreams" and use this mystical pathway to take their tribe to safety time and time again.
Encounter an astonishing cast of unforgettable characters that learn to run with wolves, make masks, build immense mounds, communicate with the Spirit World, and make beautiful music.
Experience raw, natural passions, and ancient puberty rites and rituals. Survive an extraordinary alligator hunt in the mystical Okefenokee Swamp, and return again to the sanctuary of the Sacred Cave, the womb of Mother Earth, where the People are safe. Explore vivid shamanic journeys deep within the Crystal Cave, where the tribal shamans go to learn the future and discover new rituals.
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The Mound Builders of Ancient North America
276 pages, ISBN 0-595-30561-X, 2004, $20.95
The Mound Builders is a vibrant, exciting new book about America's thousands of prehistoric earthworks and the diverse native cultures that created these giant, mysterious mounds. Ancient Mound Builders created thousands of sacred earthen structures all across America. These native Indian cultures flourished for 4000 years before the first settlers came, creating mysterious giant earthen shapes of birds, bears, snakes, and alligator mounds, along with great conical mounds that held the bones of their leaders and loved ones. Who were these sophisticated and spiritual ancient people? They were talented shamans, farmers, hunters, fishermen, artists, and midwives who held special reverence for Mother Earth. Learn more about them and see some of their amazing artistic achievements inside The Mound Builders of Ancient North America. Study a detailed TimeLine that helps to place everything in exact perspective. See what was also happening elsewhere in the world during the Mound Builders heydays. Surprising fetes of engineering and geographic earthworks remind us that these ancient cultures held impressive worldviews.
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EARTHWISE: AMERICAN INDIAN USES OF NATIVE TREES, 2000
Published in Washington, CT
$13.95; 82-pages; ISBN 0-936322-11-X
AMERICAN INDIAN EARTHSENSE: HERBARIA: ETHNOBOTANY, 1996
Published in Washington, CT
$13.95; 100-pages; ISBN 0-936322-05-5
GUIDE TO EASTERN MUSHROOMS, 1982, 1995
ISBN 0-88839-091-2
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GUIDE TO NORTHEASTERN WILD EDIBLES, 1995
ISBN 0-88839-090-4
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INTRODUCING EASTERN WILDFLOWERS, 1982, 1995
Hancock House Publishing, Blaine, WA; $5.95 (color guides); ISBN 0-88839-092-0
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Poetry Books
ANCESTRAL THREADS: WEAVING REMEMBRANCE IN POETRY & ESSAYS & FOLKLORE
iuniverse/Barnes & Noble; $19.95; 250-pages; ISBN 0-595-27397-1
Ancestral Threads: Weaving Remembrance Stories in Poetry, Prose & Family Folklore is a master piece of research, charting more than 20 years of delving into the secrets of mixed bloodlines. Poetry, dreams, essays, shamanic journeys, & family folklore embroider the pages amidst old photographs & early maps that help to weave more than 30 generations together back through time. The mysteries of mixed bloodlines & mingled ancestries blossom here with unusual color & grow evermore interesting when you see how everything weaves together. Ancestral Threads is an inspiring, multi-generational, multi-family saga honoring the ancestors & celebrating their enduring spirits with special affection. The Language of Flowers & Elizabethan Ethnobotany of Shakespeare embellish the early part of the book. Special essays, haiku, & haibun help sketch together some amazing experiences.
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HANDS OF TIME: SELECT POETRY & HAIKU IN FIVE SEASONS, 2000
iuniverse/Barnes & Noble; $9.95; 120-pages; ISBN 0-595-14514-0
A compilation of nature poetry, haiku, personal observations, journeys, dreams, chants, meditations, and shamanic journeys into non-ordinary realities marking more than four decades of writing.
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School & Library Books
Dream Catcher
ISBN 0-8239-5225-8
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THE SEMINOLES: INDIAN NATIONS, 2000
Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, Austin, TX; $24.95; 48-pages; ISBN 0-8172-5464-1
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APACHE CHILDREN & ELDERS TALK TOGETHER
ISBN 0-8239-5225-8
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BLACKFOOT CHILDREN & ELDERS
ISBN 0-8239-5228-2
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CROW CHILDREN & ELDERS
ISBN 0-8239-5231-2
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LAKOTA SIOUX CHILDREN & ELDERS
ISBN 0-8239-5226-6
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SEMINOLE CHILDREN & ELDERS
ISBN 0-8239-5229-0
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ZUNI CHILDREN & ELDERS
Rosen Publishing Group, New York; 1999; The Library of Intergenerational Learning: Native Americans, PowerKids Press; 24-pages full color; $108./set of 6 or $18.00/each; ISBN 0-8239-5227-4
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A STUDENT’S GUIDE TO NATIVE AMERICAN GENEALOGY, 1996
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ; $24.95; ISBN 0-89774-975-8
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EARTHMAKER’S LODGE: NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE, ACTIVITIES, & FOODS
Cobblestone Publishing, 1994, Peterborough, NH; ISBN 0-942389-09-3; 160-pages; $17.50
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