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  • After the First Full Moon in April: A Sourcebook of Herbal Medicine from a California Indian Elder

    After the First Full Moon in April: A Sourcebook of Herbal Medicine from a California Indian Elder - Paperback

    After the First Full Moon in April: A Sourcebook of Herbal Medicine from a California Indian Elder - Paperback

    By Josephine Grant Peters and Beverly Ortiz

About Beverly Ortiz Books

Josephine Peters (Karuk, Shasta, Avenake) was an esteemed elder, cultural leader, and Indian herbalist and medicine woman. She led many prominent Native cultural initiatives in California and because of her renown as a healer was invited to conferences and universities around the world. She was also an accomplished basket weaver and artist who taught, lectured, demonstrated, and exhibited in countless forums, including University of California Riverside, Humboldt State University, the Heard Museum, the Smithsonian Folklike Festival, and the San Diego Museum of Man. She passed away in October, 2011. Beverly Ortiz, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in the anthropology department at California State University East Bay, Contributing Editor to News from Native California, ethnographic consultant and park naturalist.