I have done a lot of study in natural healing and massage therapy and happen
to have a book on Cherokee medicinal/healing plants and recipes. If you
would like, I would be happy to make it available to your students for their
project.
pj
Paula Joseph-Johnson, LMS/Yearbook Advisor
Bristow High School (Bristow, OK)
pjohnson@bristow.k12.ok.us
Twitter: pjojo
Currently reading: Square Foot Gardening
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:24 PM, BettyTX <bhamilt@hughes.net> wrote:
> While my recommended resource is not a web site, you may find it of
> interest. A novel, Santa Apache by Oleta Steward Toliver (who, herself, is
> of American Indian heritage), has quite a bit about "healing herbs" as used
> by the Native Americans of the Southwest. The book is the story of a young
> woman who became a "healer" (hence acquiring the name "Saint Apache"), and
> it names plants that we out on the Plains readily recognize but may not be
> aware of the early uses. What is unique about this book is that even though
> it is fiction, it has a bibliography. Ms. Toliver wants her readers to know
> that the stories, plants, legends, history of the time are accurate, so she
> includes a bibliography of books and articles that were her sources.
>
> Although the story is fiction, it is well researched and is set in the time
> period when the Native Americans and Spaniards were first encountering each
> other from the Llano Estacado to the Santa Fe region. I enjoyed it as an
> adult, but I believe it targets high school aged students.
>
> [The author has another book, a non-fiction, An Artist at War (War and
> Southwest Series, University of North Texas Press).]
>
> Betty Dawn
> --
> Betty Dawn Hamilton (Using retired years to keep up with current events!)
> LMS (Middle & High School)
> Former Chair of Texas Association of School Librarians
> Former Contributing Editor of "Profession" section, Texas Library Journal
> Brownfield, TX
> bhamilt@hughes.net
>
> *********************************
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dr. Michael Bell" <drmichaelbell@VIRTUALLRC.COM>
>
>
> Dear Aileen,
>
> Infotopia ( http://www.infotopia.info ) is an academic search engine
> accessing only trusted websites previously selected by librarians, teachers
> and library and educational consortia. Infotopia is recommended for
> students, teachers, and, especially, homeschoolers. Because Infotopia is a
> Google custom search engine, you get the cool Google search features, but
> without the garbage. With Infotopia, safe search is always on.
>
> I just searched Infotopia for "medicinal plants" and got a lot of really
> good looking hits.
>
> Sincerely,
> Michael Bell
> Former Chair, Texas Association of School Librarians
> drmichaelbell@hotmail.com
> Retired school and university librarian
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> ----- Original Message -----
> Dear wise ones,
>
> Our seventh grade students are in the library pulling together information
> on medicinal plants. Suddenly, a "pop-up" ad appears selling something
> totally inappropriate. Unfortunately, our filters can't block the ads.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for good search engines that do not promote
> (or that filter out) this garbage, but still connect to useful sites? Google
> used to be much better at this than they are now.
>
> Thank you so much for any recommendations.
>
> Aileen
>
> Aileen Kay
> Director of Library/Media Services
> St. Mary and All Angels School
> 7 Pursuit, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, U.S.A.
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