Contributions of Plants to the Culture of Pre-Colonial Native Americans of the Mid-Hudson Valley Area

FAIN: GZ-21393-82

New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY 10458-5126)
Peter A. Dykeman (Project Director: April 1982 to October 1990)

To support a project which will give youth an understanding of the origins, history, and general cultural characteristics of pre-colonial American Indians by studying the role which plants played in Indian legends, religion, music, art, and everyday survival activities.