Title Tales of a shaman's apprentice : an ethnobotanist searches for new medicines in the Amazon rain forest / Mark J. Plotkin.

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New York : Viking, 1993.

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Description	x, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-297).
Summary	"Fascinating and highly readable account of an ethnobotanist's research on medicinal plants and hallucinogens among the Trio and Oyana of Suriname/Brazil and the Yanomamo of Venezuela. In view of the declining importance of shamanism and loss of plant knowledge due to rapid cultural change, author encourages research promoting the patenting of indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants, which may also serve as an important revenue source for indigenous-based cultural survival programs"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas
Contents	Through the Emerald Door -- The search for the Black Caiman -- Among the Maroons -- Under the double rainbow -- A recipe for poison -- Across the Savannas of the Sipaliwini -- Witch doctor of the Wayanas -- The Semen of the Sun -- Return to Kwamala.
Indexed Term	Amazon River Region Description and travel
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- South America -- Ethnobotany -- Amazon River Region.
Subject	Ethnobotanik (DE-588)4250192-1
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples, South American. (DNLM)D007199
Subject	Indians of South America -- Ethnobotany -- Amazon River Region.
	Indians, South American. (DNLM)D007199
	South America. (DNLM)D013020
	Plotkin, Mark J. (OCoLC)fst00161174
	Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
	Plants, Medicinal. (DNLM)D010946
Indexed Term	Indians of South America Medicine Amazon River Region
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- South America Medicine Amazon River Region
Subject	Indians of South America -- Ethnobotany. (OCoLC)fst00969999
	Medicine, Traditional. (DNLM)D008519
Indexed Term	Indians of South America Ethnobotany Amazon River Region
Subject	Amazon River Region -- Description and travel.
	Indians of South America -- Medicine. (OCoLC)fst00970050
	Ethnomedizin (DE-588)4214435-8
	Plotkin, Mark J.
Indexed Term	Plotkin, Mark J.
Genre/Form	Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Subject	Amazonas-Gebiet (DE-588)4338087-6
	Indianer.
	Amazon River Region. (OCoLC)fst01239764
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- South America Ethnobotany Amazon River Region
Subject	Amazon River Region -- Description and travel.
	Schamane (DE-588)4140043-4
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- South America -- Medicine -- Amazon River Region.
Subject	Indians of South America -- Medicine -- Amazon River Region.
	Plotkin, Mark J.
Genre/Form	Autobiographies.
Subject	Plotkin, Mark J.
Other Form:	Online version: Plotkin, Mark J. Tales of a shaman's apprentice. New York : Viking, 1993 (OCoLC)610581912
	Online version: Plotkin, Mark J. Tales of a shaman's apprentice. New York : Viking, 1993 (OCoLC)632147957
ISBN	0670831379
	9780670831371

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