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Tobacco Use by Native North Americans - (Civilization of the American Indian) by Joseph C Winter (Paperback)

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  • Recently identified as a killer, tobacco has been the focus of health warnings, lawsuits, and political controversy.
  • Author(s): Joseph C Winter
  • 476 Pages
  • History, Native American
  • Series Name: Civilization of the American Indian

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Recently identified as a killer, tobacco has been the focus of health warnings, lawsuits, and political controversy. Yet many Native Americans continue to view tobacco-when used properly-as a life-affirming and sacramental substance that plays a significant role in Native creation myths and religious ceremonies.

This definitive work presents the origins, history, and contemporary use (and misuse) of tobacco by Native Americans. It describes wild and domesticated tobacco species and how their cultivation and use may have led to the domestication of corn, potatoes, beans, and other food plants. It also analyzes many North American Indian practices and beliefs, including the concept that Tobacco is so powerful and sacred that the spirits themselves are addicted to it. The book presents medical data revealing the increasing rates of commercial tobacco use by Native youth and the rising rates of death among Native American elders from lung cancer, heart disease, and other tobacco-related illnesses. Finally, this volume argues for the preservation of traditional tobacco use in a limited, sacramental manner while criticizing the use of commercial tobacco.

Contributors are: Mary J. Adair, Karen R. Adams, Carol B. Brandt, Linda Scott Cummings, Glenna Dean, Patricia Diaz-Romo, Jannifer W. Gish, Julia E. Hammett, Robert F. Hill, Richard G. Holloway, Christina M. Pego, Samuel Salinas Alvarez, Lawrence A Shorty, Glenn W. Solomon, Mollie Toll, Suzanne E. Victoria, Alexander von Garnet, Jonathan M. Samet, and Gail E. Wagner.

Dimensions (Overall): 10.0 Inches (H) x 7.0 Inches (W) x .96 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 476
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Native American
Series Title: Civilization of the American Indian
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Joseph C Winter
Language: English
Street Date: October 18, 2022
TCIN: 94424299
UPC: 9780806191287
Item Number (DPCI): 247-26-1478
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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