The Land Has Memory: Indigenous Knowledge, Native Landscapes, and the National Museum of the American Indian

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THE LaND HAS MeMORY Black Hill Regional Park, Maryland. Great Falls of the Potomac, Virginia/ Maryland border. THE LaND HAS MeMORY indigenous knowledge, Native L andscapes, and the National Museum of the American Indian Edited by Duane Blue Spruce and Ta nya Thr a sher Published in association with the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, by The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill The National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, is dedicated to working in collaboration with the indigenous peoples of the Americas to foster and protect Native cultures throughout the Western Hemisphere. The museum’s publishing program seeks to augment awareness of Native American beliefs and lifeways and to educate the public about the history and significance of Native cultures. For more information about the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, visit the NMAI website at www. AmericanIndian.si.edu. National Museum of the American Indian Project Director: Terence Winch, Head of Publications Editors: Duane Blue Spruce (Laguna/San Juan Pueblo) and Tanya Thrasher (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)© 2008 Smithsonian Institution. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of the American Indian except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. University of North Carolina Press books may be purchased at a discount for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information, please visit www.uncpress.unc.edu or write to UNC Press, attention: Sales Department, 116 South Boundary Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-3808. Designed and typeset by Kimberly Bryant Set in Arno Pro and Othello Title page illustration: Always Becoming sculptures in NMAI’s meadow, 2007. Halftitle page illustrations: Details of Po Khwee (Moon Woman) (p. i) and Ping Tse Deh (Mountain Bird) (p. xvii) sculptures. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 1993. first edition The name of the “Smithsonian,” “Smithsonian Institution,” and the sunburst logo are registered trademarks of the Smithsonian Institution. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The land has memory : indigenous knowledge, native landscapes, and the National Museum of the American Indian / edited by Duane Blue Spruce and Tanya Thrasher.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8078-3264-6 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-8078-5936-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Indians of North America—Ethnobotany—Washington (D.C.)—Pictorial works. 2. National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)—Buildings—Pictorial works. 3. Ethnobotany—Washington (D.C.)—Pictorial works. 4. Landscape gardening— Washington (D.C.)—Pictorial works. I. Blue Spruce, Duane. II. Thrasher, Tanya. III. National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) E98.B7L36 2008 973.04´97—dc22 2008027785 cloth 12 11 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 paper 12 11 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 ...