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Iwigara: The Kinship of Plants and People Food California's deserts support a surprisinglyEthnobotanical traditions and science highlighting 80 plants revered by North America's Indigenous Peoples. The belief that all life forms are interconnected and share the same breathknown in the Rarmuri tribe as iwgarahas resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmn builds on this concept of connection and highlights 80 plants revered by North Americas