Pre-Order More Valuable Than Gold; A Wide Variety of Medicinal, Edible, & Utility Uses for Wild North American Plants
"After a lifetime learning, living and teaching these valuable skills, including to U.S. military units, Richard Lonewolf's More Valuable Than Gold offers a unique, user-friendly layout containing more than 240 full-color, identification-friendly photos, and step-by-step instructions for processing wild plants, shrubs, trees, and vines for their edible, utility, and medicinal1 uses.
Richard not only brings forth institutional credibility on herbs, but also knowledge and insights from his Cherokee, Lakota, and Northern Cheyenne ancestries, which provide needed cultural insights and understanding on how these plants were used traditionally and still today by many tribes.
Learn to make acorn bread, buckeye nut flour, sycamore syrup, how to harvest and prepare the six edible parts on the cattail plant, and more everyday uses for plants and trees. Learn ancient cooking techniques, how to build a shelter or how to locate and purify water, and much more.
Each plant and tree throughout the book is well-photographed by Sondra Wilson, who founded Wild Willpower PAC (www.WildWillpower.org) to sponsor indigenous teachers who want to teach the world about traditional plant uses. The aesthetically pleasing, easy-to-navigate layout Sondra designed makes More Valuable a quintessential addition to any outdoor enthusiast (or herbalist's) collection.
“I remember walking to school in Nevada, Iowa and seeing acorns all over the ground. I was always told that humans can’t eat them! When Lonewolf showed me how to turn them into flour in just 20 minutes, and learned that my European ancestors ate them as well, I developed Wild Willpower to help support Native American teachers in a way that gets this vital knowledge back to the people. I was so moved by Lonewolf’s story and the story of his ancestors, I felt called to help him create this book. I hitchhiked around California for 8 years taking photos of plants and trees, street performing with my guitar and foraging to survive, then hitchhiking back to Lonewolf’s to sit next to him and write as he’d look through my photos and dictate. I did my best to create the type of book I wish I could have learned from, but which wasn't available at the time. I am blessed to have had the rare opportunity to learn alongside Lonewolf, and it is my honor to help him pass forth this sacred knowledge to the world. I feel blessed to be part of his story.” ” – Sondra Wilson
“If I had one book to take with me in a real survival situation, this would be it – and I’m really not saying that just because I wrote it! This is the type of book I wish I’d been able to learn from when I were younger.” – Richard Lonewolf
1“Medicinal uses” pertains to their historically-used applications, by people of various ethnicities. This book does not contain medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice. Consult your physician about any herbs you are thinking about taking.
Wild Willpower PAC is registered with the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board, and as a 527 a tax exempt political organization. Proceeds from More Valuable Than Gold will be used toward sponsoring indigenous teachers around the world to help preserve this ancient knowledge and provide needed financial support to indigenous communities, and may be used to directly and/or indirectly influence the selection, nomination, election, or appointment of individual(s) to federal, state, and local public offices. Wild Willpower PAC's political views do not necessarily represent those of Heuss Printing.
