Iwígara: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science

Tap into thousands of years of plant knowledge



The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath-known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara-has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón builds on this concept of connection and highlights eighty plants revered by North America's indigenous peoples. Salmón teaches us the ways plants are used as food and medicine, the details of t...